GUWAHATI: Meghalaya governor Phagu Chauhan on Saturday invited Conrad Sangma to form the next government in the state, which will be a coalition of three parties — NPP, BJP, and HSPDP — and independents having a combined strength of 32 in the House of 60.
“I have received the invitation from the governor to form the government. The swearing-in will take place at the Raj Bhavan at 11 am on the 7th and we are expecting the PM, home minister and other leaders at the function. The whole cabinet will be sworn-in,” Sangma said.
Chauhan also swore-in NPP legislator Timothy D Shira as the protem speaker, who will administer the oath of office and secrecy to all the newly elected legislators on Monday.
Sangma was confident that he would be able complete the new term, despite a coalition government, as smoothly as it was in last five years.
Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is curren...
Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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