Party has finalized 30 plus candidates for Manipur assembly polls: Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma

National president of the National People’s Party (NPP) and Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma said that the party has finalized 30 plus candidates for Manipur assembly polls.

The 60 member Manipur assembly is slated to go to assembly polls early next year. NPP is a partner in the ruling BJP led coalition government in Manipur. In Meghalaya NPP is leading the six party led coalition government which is supported by BJP.

Talking to media persons, Sangma said, “We are getting very positive and good response from the people, we will do much better than last time. However, elections are elections but we are confident and positive.”


He added, “We have finalized 30 plus candidates. As the situation goes you will see 40 plus candidates will come. An election committee is set up. As the election comes we are expecting more candidates to join us.”

The NPP has hinted that it will contest the election on its own. The NPP contested nine seats in 2017.

Sangma while addressing a rally in Imphal west recently said that people of Manipur are envisaging a larger role for NPP and in the election NPP will emerge as the single largest party.

In 2017 assembly polls Congress emerged as the single largest party with 28 MLAs, Manipur assembly is 60-member assembly. Later around eight Congress MLAs left the party. BJP won 21 seats.

BJP got support from NPP and Naga Peoples Front (NPF) which won four seats each. One MLA each from Trinamool congress, Lok Jan Shakti party and lone independent member supported the government.