SHILLONG: NPP leader Conrad Sangma said that the party has no nexus with BJP as it is fighting the polls alone.
“Our stand is very clear. We are fighting this election alone and we have not entered into any alliance or partnership with any political parties,” Sangma said in his response to the allegations of Congress Mahila leader Sushmita Dev.
Criticising the ‘misinformation campaign’ of the Congress leader that NPP has links with BJP, Sangma said, “It is sad that the Congress party has no other issues to fight the 2018 polls and is busy in indulging in a campaign of lies and misinformation. NPP is not Team B of BJP. This also points to the desperation of the Congress and its utter lack of imagination and creativity.”
Sangma said NPP has its own principles and ideology and “we have fought and we will always fight for the rights of our people and raise concerns on critical issues and agenda affecting the indigenous people and minorities”.
“Assam Congress MP Dev’s allegations lack facts and are totally false. It seems that Dev doesn’t understand the difference between electoral politics and governance,” Sangma said.
According to the Tura MP, the false propaganda by the Congress only shows that it is scared to fight the 2018 battle and it is indulging in its age-old tactics of lies and spreading misinformation to confuse and divide the people of Meghalaya.
“But NPP has confident in the wisdom of the people of Meghalaya and we know that the Congress’s tactics and false propaganda will not work here,” Sangma said.
The leader said the beauty of democracy is that it gives an equal opportunity to all parties to come with their agenda to the people. The NPP respects the Constitution and believes in the democratic system of this great nation, Sangma said, adding that for too long Meghalaya has been under the bondage of corruption and misgovernance.
“Today, realising the needs and aspirations of the people of Meghalaya, NPP comes to the people with a mandate for change and for a corruption-free Meghalaya which will enable its people to achieve their dreams and aspirations,” Sangma said.
