Trinamool Congress leader and Meghalaya Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma on Thursday ruled out joining the BJP or any other national party, while asserting that the TMC cannot be weakened in the state.
Sangma’s remarks come amid the BJP’s intensified expansion strategy in Meghalaya and the reported movement of eight UDP MLAs towards the party, which will take its strength to 10.
Sangma, a former Meghalaya chief minister, was responding to questions about whether the saffron party had approached him amid speculation of possible attempts to weaken the TMC in the state. “BJP can never break TMC in Meghalaya. Asked whether the BJP’s lotus was blooming in Meghalaya, Sangma responded with a pointed dismissal of the party’s claim. “BJP thought it will bloom but it never bloomed. The former Chief Minister argued that the BJP’s expansion cannot be judged merely by counting the number of legislators it has been able to attract. In a state where regional political formations have traditionally played a significant role, Sangma maintained that voters cannot be treated as an automatic extension of the political loyalties of elected representatives.
Because i would like to at least respectfully say that I will not answer that, read | Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Backs Review of Foreign Funding Bill “I don’t have to be specific to this answer. There has been political speculation in the state over the strength and future of the TMC, which emerged as the principal opposition party in the state after several former Congress leaders, including Sangma, joined the party in 2021.
And as far as I am concerned, Mukul Sangma is not joining the BJP nor any political party, no national party,” he said. Even if they approach me, I will not tell you,” he said. It is their desire,” Sangma said.
