Speaking to reporters in Shillong, Mukul Sangma formally announced his decision to join the TMC and said it was taken in the interest of 'duty and responsibility'.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: State governments did not face such kind of situation during the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he recalled.
Fresh voting to Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's traditional bastion Ampati was held on Monday with a voter turnout of 90 per cent.
Polling for 59 Assembly seats, out of a total of 60, was held on February 27. A Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate was killed in an IED blast, which resulted in countermanding of the polls in one seat.
Elections to the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly were held on February 27.
National People's Party (NPP) chief Conrad Sangma today exuded confidence that the party would form the next government in Meghalaya with the help of other like-minded parties.
Sangma retained Ampati seat defeating his nearest BJP rival Bakul Ch Hajong by over 6,000 votes. He also won from Songsak constituency defeating his nearest National People's Party rival Nihim D Shira by over 1,300 votes.
The Congress strongman is in the fray from Ampati in South West Garo Hills district as well Songsak in East Garo Hills district for February 27 state elections.
Polling in Tripura will take place on February 18, while Meghalaya goes to polls on February 27. The counting of votes in both the states will be held on March 3.
"We have approved a policy to ensure that 'generous people' who provide land to the government would be reciprocated with government jobs in Grade-III and Grade-IV posts," Meghalaya CM said.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has written to his Tripura counterpart Manik Sarkar urging to unite against the Centre's new law on cattle trade and slaughter.
Stung by defections in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, leaders of the ruling Congress government in Meghalaya have sent a three-page SOS to party president Sonia Gandhi accusing the opposition BJP of trying to destabilise the three-year-old Meghal
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