Resubelpara, Jan 11: Former Meghalaya minister, Frankenstein W Momin resigned from the National People’s Party (NPP) along with his son-in-law, Sengnab Ch Momin before formally joining the BJP today.
Sengnab also resigned from the post of the North Garo Hills district general secretary for the NPP and will be looking to take on the current MLA, Marthon J Sangma.
Marthon incidentally has switched allegiance to the NPP after coming out of the Congress along with Mukul Sangma to join the AITC.
Interestingly Sengnab will be the fourth ticket aspirant for the Mendipathar LAC.
“We have been unhappy with the NPP leadership as they have not consulted us on important decisions in the recent past. I have been serving the party in my capacity for a long time but have been disillusioned by the works of the party at the ground level,” said Sengnab on his resignation from the NPP.
He added that the decision to leave the party was a tough one and the most challenging. However, he stated that he was ready to move forward.
Meanwhile former minister, FW Momin, in his resignation cited old age as the reason for his resignation.
“Time and age have come for me to disassociate myself from active politics and different party works. However, I am not happy with the decision of the NPP high command on many important issues without consulting the grass root level party workers, something that should not have happened in any mature party,” said Momin.
The former MLA also resigned from his position as the senior vice president of the party with immediate effect.
FW Momin along with his son in law and supporters today formally joined the BJP through a ceremony at the former minister’s house in Salpara, Mendipathar.
The two leaders along with many of the seniors from the NPP in Mendipathar, a few Congress leaders as well as UDP members joined the party alongside in the presence of Assam BJP spokesperson, Akshay Rajkhowa.
“We are extremely happy to have them in our party. BJP has been about development and we are going to form the next government in the state. The calculations can come later,” said Rajkhowa on the occasion.
Momin was earlier wooed by the BJP with at least 4 visits to his house by senior BJP leaders who sought his entry into the party.
“I have been a long time worker for the NPP but when they decided to award the party ticket to Marthon Sangma in spite of us working hard to develop the party has left us angry. We want to develop our constituency and the state. The BJP is the best bet to bring about overall development in line with other BJP-ruled states,” said Sengnab on the reason for him joining the party.
Sengnab’s entry will mean that the BJP in Mendipathar has 5 ticket aspirants – something that the party wishes to work on tactfully.