NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday dismissed reports about senior leaders deserting the party as “pre-poll kite flying”.
Sangma, who already has a record term in the office, said his government will complete its term.
“Meghalaya has seen a series of unstable governments in its recent history and is now witnessing a durable government which is not only completing its last term but also the present term,” he told The Shillong Times here.
Sangma, who attended opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar’s nomination filing programme, said the Congress-led Government in Meghalaya has done good work and “that will be its strong point in the coming polls”.
On reports about rumblings in his government and the party, Sangma said he was aware of the disgruntled members.
“Some people are impatient and vying for short-term gains. There is nothing new and people of the State can see through their games and will reply accordingly,” he said.
Prez race
Kumar, who filed her papers with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on one side and former prime minister Manmohan Singh on the other, will launch her campaign from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on June 30. Sangma who was one of the signatories as her proposer also accompanied her to Parliament.
There was a host of opposition leaders, including Nationalist Congress Party’s Sharad Pawar and CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury. Gandhi and other top Congress and opposition leaders were among those who proposed and seconded her nomination.
The nomination papers will be scrutinised on Wednesday.
Kumar, who is the daughter of late Babu Jagjivan Ram, will contest against NDA’s Ram Nath Kovind in the July 17 presidential elections.
