TURA, July 8: Peeved at not being consulted in the decision to make the current MLA from Mendipathar Marthon Sangma as the NPP’s party candidate in the 2022 Assembly elections, members of the party from at least 19 polling stations have resigned en masse, dealing a severe blow to the odds of the NPP in the upcoming elections.
Rumours have been doing the rounds of the former Congress MLA, who joined the AITC bandwagon during the exodus of Congress legislators, becoming a part of the NPP’s equation as it attempts to retain power in the state following the upcoming elections next year.
There, however, has been no confirmation of the AITC MLA joining the NPP though recent absence of Sangma from important AITC events, along with three others, has fuelled speculations of him quitting the AITC.
In a meeting held today, the NPP workers, including the general secretary Jeveline Sangma, vice president Sachin Sangma, along other party workers, decided to quit the membership of the party.
“We are unhappy with the party leaders not speaking to us on the matter of candidate allocation for the Mendipathar seat. We are opposed to Marthon being made the party candidate without our knowledge and as such decided to quit,” said the outgoing members.
