Meghalaya: Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya Preston Tynsong says that The star campaigners of various parties are not well versed with the affairs here and his party Nagaland People’s Front (NPP) will be benefited by the entry of several parties in the fray. For Assembly Elections in Meghalaya Voting will be held on February and counting will be done on March 2.

helpful for partitioning npp NPP feels that many opposition parties like Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Trinamool Congress (TMC) and United Democratic Party (UDP) At least in the election to the Legislative Assembly He will be benefited by fielding candidates on the seats. When asked whether the division of opposition votes would prove helpful to the NPP, Tynsong said – it would certainly be beneficial. Big leaders of different parties are coming for campaigning in Meghalaya during the election season. These include Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for BJP, Rahul Gandhi and Pawan Kheda of Congress and Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee of Trinamool Congress.

We were born and brought up in Meghalaya Tinsong said that- NPP does not care about it. Senior NPP leader Tynsong said in an interview- It is like a car rally show, so many people want to ride, but in the end they don’t get the vote. Tinsong said – We are from the state. We don’t need to bring anyone else from outside because, they don’t know anything about it. We are born and brought up in Meghalaya and know the issues that really matter to the people of Meghalaya. The Deputy Chief Minister said that he was confident that the party would at least 33-27 will win the seat.

TMC not more than six seats In response to a question, Tynsong claimed that the TMC would not get more than six seats because West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a mistake by inducting former Chief Minister and Congress leader Mukul Sangma into the party. He said- She (Mamata) thought that Mukul Sangma is still a popular leader in Meghalaya, but he is not.

)Application for resumption of coal mining received Regarding discontent among a section of people over coal mining rights in the eastern parts of the state, he said- After the National Green Tribunal banned rat hole mining, the NPP leadership The Vali government had approached the Supreme Court, which had given some directions for safe and scientific mining of coal in Meghalaya. He said that many applications have been received to resume coal mining, which have been sent to the Ministry of Coal and Mines for approval. Once this is done, they can resume mining operations.

MeghalayaPublished Date

Wed, Feb 22, 2023, 2: 32 PM IST