Shillong:
National People's Party (NPP) president and former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma today met the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate
Narendra Modi at his residence in Gandhinagar, party officials said.
Describing Mr Modi as the "future prime minister", NPP spokesperson James K Sangma said PA Sangma called on the Gujarat chief minister in the afternoon at Gandhinagar.
"It was a courtesy call after the poll was over. It was a cordial meeting," James, who is also the son of PA Sangma and an MLA in Meghalaya, told PTI.
Mr Sangma is an NPP candidate for Tura Lok Sabha constituency in Meghalaya. He had resigned as an MP in 2008 to contest Assembly elections in the state. From then on, his daughter, Agatha Sangma represented the seat twice.
James rubbished the exit polls that indicated the Congress could win both the seats in Shillong and Tura.
"Exit polls are conducted based on opinions of a few thousand people at the most. On the ground, there is no question of the NPP losing the seat especially with PA Sangma contesting himself," James said.
"The Congress is likely to even lose the Shillong seat," he said.
After breaking away from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 2012 to contest the Presidential elections, Mr Sangma had launched the NPP nationally on January 5, 2013 and announced their alliance with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.