Sangma to be sworn in as 23rd CM of Meghalaya
Sangma to be sworn in as 23rd CM of Meghalaya on 5th March
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"Tentative
day that has been indicated is on Tuesday," 47-year-old Sangma, who is
set to become chief minister for a second straight term, said after
meeting Mooshahary in Shillong on Friday.
Though
Congress fell two seats short of an absolute majority winning 29,
Sangma has been given support by eight Independents and 2 NCP MLAs and
is comfortably placed to form the government with the strength of the
party and its supporters going up to 39 in the 60-member House.
On
the support extended by the NCP and independents, he said, "We will be
discussing with them to know their minds and their expectations. We
intend to share the responsibility in serving the people."
Earlier in the day, Sangma was elected the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party.
MPCC
chief and former chief minister D D Lapang, who chaired the CLP meeting
said, "Mukul Sangma has been elected unanimously as the leader of the
CLP and the Congress high command has approved of this."
Union
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and senior Congress leader Vayalar
Ravi, who was in Shillong to oversee the government formation along with
AICC general secretary in charge of Meghalaya Mukul Wasnik and Sanjay
Bhapna, said he was confident that Sangma would be the chief minister
for a full five-year term.
Sangma
said "We have made a humble beginning in addressing the core issue of
backwardness and poverty. We have also reflected our intention of
addressing the core issue of unemployment problem addressing the root
cause of the problem which often leads to militancy," he said.
"We
expect support and cooperation from the people. I am sure the people
deserve a better future and that is what we exactly want to deliver," he
asserted.
Sangma won from Ampati seat for the fifth time in a row defeating his NPP rival Clement G Momin.
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