ADOKGRE, Jan 23: As has been tradition for the NPP, the campaign to return to power for the NPP began once again from their ‘hallowed’ ground of Adokgre under Kharkutta constituency in North Garo Hills on Monday.
The election rally saw the presence of over 10,000 supporters of the party who thronged the newly inaugurated Chenangre stadium.
Speaking first at the programme, Kharkutta MLA Rupert Momin spoke of the development brought about by the NPP-led MDA Government and felt that this in itself would ensure the party returned to power but also got a majority in the upcoming election in Feb.
Next up was former Songsak MLA Nihim D Shira who will be taking on former CM Mukul Sangma for a chance to serve the people of the constituency.
“I will be taking on Mukul (Sangma) in Songsak and I am confident that the work done by our government will help me beat whoever comes. Our programs like FOCUS, FOCUS+, and YESS are reverberating across the state and will change the situation for lakhs that have benefitted,” informed Nihim.
Further he ridiculed the ‘WE Card’ and ‘MYE Card’ calling the programs of the TMC a story of credit that would only be provided if they came to power.
“There were many people from my constituency who were extremely happy after they got their WE Card. They went to an ATM to withdraw money promised by the TMC but got locked out when they tried too many times to withdraw money that was not there. The TMC is fooling the people but we have delivered,” he stated.
Former TMC MLA Marthon Sangma, who joined the NPP recently, thanked the CM for helping his constituency develop in the past few months.
“Even when we were in government, I was still unable to bring much needed development to my area. However, when I approached the CM for development projects in my constituency, he immediately agreed. I can only bring development by being with NPP as they work towards development of the people,” informed Marthon.
Next up was Rongara-Siju MLA, Rakkam Sangma who once again spoke of the various programmes of the MDA Government and how it has impacted people of the state positively.
“In 2018, Mukul Sangma had promised to bury the NPP but looks like we rose again. This time too we will do the same due to the work we have done. In terms of development, the NPP does not have an equal,” asserted Rakkam.
Referring to the WE Card and MYE Card, Conrad said these were only promises whereas their programmes like FOCUS, FOCUS+ and YESS have already been delivered.
“We will continue our programmes in the years to come if we once again lead the state. The TMC is just making promises that they will never keep. We are certain that the people will vote us back to power because they have seen what we have achieved so far,” he informed.
The meeting concluded with the NPP election song being sung by the entire group while hundreds came near the stage and danced.
