SHILLONG: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which was leading an aggressive campaign and had received success after the joining of four sitting MLAs in the state could manage only two seats in Shillong city in the polls.
While AL Hek won the Pynthorumkhrah seat, Sanbor Shullai also won from South Shillong constituency.
However, the BJP which had fielded as many as 47 candidates for the first time in Meghalaya certainly did not got the response which it had desired from the people of Meghalaya.
BJP Meghalaya in charge, Nalin Kohli however downplayed the party’s performance in the state even as he believed that the party has done well in the state.
Kohli said that apart from winning two seats, the BJP stood second in seven constituencies whereas BJP lost North Shillong by a narrow margin of around 300-400 votes.
“ Infact our vote share has gone from 1.5 percent to 10 percent here,” Kohli said.
Kohli also said that party’s assessment on its performance in the state will take some time.
Two sitting independent MLAs Justine Dkhar and Robinus Syngkon who backed out from the Congress-led MUA Government to join the BJP were also defeated. Comprehensively in Mowkaiaw and Khliehriat constituency.
