Tag: Mukul Sangma

‘Effective Opp’: Meghalaya ex-CM, 11 MLAs join TMC

The 12 MLAs who joined the TMC include four legislators from the Khasi-Jaintia Hills region and eight MLAs from Garo Hills. Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat today said that the Congress party is on the ventilator without any policy and leadership.

November 26, 2021

NRC list: Northeast Congress leaders meet Sonia Gandhi

The final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list in Assam was published on Saturday including names of 3.1 crore people and leaving out 19 lakh names.

August 31, 2019

Political chicanery galore

Meghalaya has seen one bye-election after the other. First, it was Williamnagar that had to go to the polls since the candidate was murdered just before the 2018 Assembly elections. Next was the election in Ampati, a seat vacated by former chief minister Mukul Sangma as he had contested and won from two places. Last …

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July 8, 2018

PLUS POINTS

Moreh checkpost Manipur’s commerce, textiles and industries minister, Thongam Biswajit Singh last week inspected the Integrated Checkpost at Moreh, 110 kilometres from Imphal, in Tengnoupal district, says a report in Imphal Free Press. He told media persons that it will provide secure, seamless and efficient systems for cargo and passenger movement and the trade transaction …

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March 18, 2018

Meghalaya records 31% polling, CM Mukul Sangma positive of win

Over 30 per cent polling was recorded in the first five hours on Tuesday in assembly elections in Meghalaya where Chief Minister Mukul Sangma voiced confidence that the Congress will retain power. Sangma said his party will cross the magic-figure of 31 in the 60-member state assembly as 31.40 per cent of the 18.9 lakh …

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February 27, 2018

Stage set for polls: Congress, BJP claim win in Meghalaya

With Meghalaya all set to vote on Tuesday to elect a new Assembly, the Congress exuded the confidence of retaining power while the BJP and regional parties were equally gung-ho about unseating the ruling party in the northeastern state. The Congress — ruling the state for a decade — has fielded candidates in all 60 …

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February 26, 2018

We rescued nurses from Iraq, they were all Christians: PM Modi in Meghalaya

“It is time for a change in Meghalaya,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he addressed a huge turnout of BJP supporters in Phulbari of the poll-bound state in India’s Northeast. In his second public event on Thursday, 22 February, the Prime Minister exhorted the people to vote the BJP to power for the sake …

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February 22, 2018

Meghalaya NPP chief accuses Sangma of ignoring mining

Meghalaya’s opposition National People’s Party (NPP) on Tuesday accused the Mukul Sangma government for failing to take up the issue of coal mining with the Central government post the National Green Tribunal ban. “People in Meghalaya largely depend on coal directly or indirectly but the Chief Minister has failed to ensure that mining is in …

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February 21, 2018

Meghalaya CM slams Rajnath’s remark on security

Countering Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that the murder of an election candidate was proof of “lawlessness” in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Tuesday said his government has never compromised on tackling insurgency and restoring peace in the state. “His (Singh’s) remark on lawlessness in the state was ‘unbecoming’. It is the most irresponsible …

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February 20, 2018

Meghalaya CM hits out at Modi government for rejecting Church leader’s visa

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday hit out at NDA Central government for rejecting the visa application of Baptist World Alliance chief, Reverend Paul Msiza, to attend the 150 years celebrations of Christianity in the state’s Garo Hills region. “It is highly condemnable to reject the visa application of a global religious leader to …

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February 9, 2018

Meghalaya CM thanks Modi for replicating state’s health insurance scheme

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for replicating the Megha Health Insurance Scheme, one of the flagship programme launched by the state’s Congress government, on the national level. In his Budget 2018-19 speech on Thursday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a flagship National Health Protection Scheme under which Rs …

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February 2, 2018

PM Modi weakening federal structure of India: Meghalaya CM

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of weakening India’s federal structure. “They are going to destroy this nation, diluting the federal structure is one step for ultimate disastrous future of this nation,” he said referring to Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons’ recent announcement of a Rs …

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January 24, 2018

RSS-BJP ‘agents of devil’, Congress to retain power: Meghalaya CM

 Sharpening his attacks on the BJP and the RSS, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Friday called them “agents of devil”, and expressed confidence that the Congress party will retain power in Meghalaya, after the state polls slated for later this year. The veteran Congress leader accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) …

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January 5, 2018

Meghalaya CM slams RSS chief’s ‘Indians are Hindus’ remark

Slamming RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remark that “anybody living in India is a Hindu”, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Tuesday said, “India is a secular, democratic country and secularism is part of our constitution”. “Their agenda is only to divide the Indian people into lines of religion and create communal tension. His statement (made …

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December 19, 2017

Meghalaya CM accuses PM Modi of making official programme a BJP rally

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for using the official programme for a BJP rally here on Saturday. Modi, who had inaugurated the Shillong-Nongstoi-Rongjeng-Tura Road, launched the public rally dubbed as “The Rally for Change” wherein he claimed that Meghalaya was not witnessing any development during the …

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December 18, 2017

Meghalaya CM dares rebel Congress MLAs to quit assembly

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday dared rebel Congress legislators to resign from the assembly ahead of next year’s elections. “We know all who will resign. We will be happy to see if they resign as MLAs. That is why we have given enough time. If somebody has the courage, let them resign as …

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December 7, 2017

Future uncertain

Elections to Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya are scheduled for February-March 2018. The Congress government in Meghalaya, headed by the suave and articulate Mukul Sangma, faces serious anti-incumbency, what with senior ministers and MLAs deserting the sinking ship and joining other parties. In fact, the biggest gainer in this game of musical chairs is the National …

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November 20, 2017