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"After Christmas": Amit Shah Offers Hope To Meghalaya On Citizenship Law

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday December 15, 2019

Union home minister Amit Shah has assured that the concerns of Meghalaya regarding the newly passed citizenship law will be looked into, the state's Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has said.

Conrad Sangma Meets Amit Shah, Seeks Inner Line Permit For Meghalaya

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday December 14, 2019

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma met Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday late night and demanded the implementation of inner line permit (ILP) in the state.

Exempt Entire Northeast From Citizenship Bill: Meghalaya MP To PM Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 13, 2019

National Peoples Party (NPP) leader Agatha K Sangma has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exempt the entire north-east from the purview of the amended Citizenship Act to ensure that peace returns to the region. The Tura MP wrote to PM Modi on Thursday night.

Hope Citizenship Bill Took Care Of North East People's Fears: Conrad Sangma

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 4, 2019

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday expressed hope that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which received the Union Cabinet nod earlier in the day, has addressed the concerns of northeast people.

"Talks Positive, But Concerns Remain": Conrad Sangma On Citizenship Bill

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday December 2, 2019

A key ally of the BJP in the north-east, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma today said that while last week's consultative meeting between the centre and chief ministers, political parties and civil society groups on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill have been a "positive move", the BJP needs to "do a lot more" to address "serious concerns" amon...

After 223 Stopped At Border, Meghalaya Fears Spillover From Assam NRC

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday September 11, 2019

The NRC exercise in Assam has led to pressure on its border with Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma informed the state assembly, adding that people had been stopped at check posts because they lacked documents to establish their citizenship

Women From Other States Married In Assam Excluded From NRC: Mukul Sangma

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 10, 2019

Senior Congress leader Mukul Sangma on Tuesday claimed that the final National Register of Citizens has left out all the Indian women who had come to Assam as brides from other states of the country.

Take Us Into Confidence On Citizenship Bill: Conrad Sangma To Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 9, 2019

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday told Union Home Minster Amit Shah that the Northeast has fears on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and urged him to take all the states of the region into confidence before bringing in the legislation again.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Praises Supreme Court Verdict On Coal Mining

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 15, 2019

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday praised as "people's victory" the Supreme Court directive to lift the National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining and said the verdict has upheld the rights of indigenous people on land and mineral deposits.

3 Siblings In Meghalaya Donate Rs 50,000 From Allowance For Flood Victims

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 8, 2019

Three siblings in Meghalaya became the unlikely donors of the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to help the over 1.65 lakh people affected by floods in the state. The siblings, all students, donated Rs 50,000 that they had saved from their allowance over the last two years.

Conrad Sangma's Stand On Citizenship Bill May Help BJP In Lok Sabha Polls

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Wednesday March 27, 2019

Conrad Sangma's National People Party (NPP), a BJP ally that is contesting the April-May national election in 14 out of 25 seats by itself in the northeast, might benefit the BJP, sources in the party claim.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma Says No Pre-Poll Alliance With BJP

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday March 14, 2019

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday said the National People's Party (NPP) will have no pre-poll alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in any state for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.

Now, Meghalaya Party Exits BJP-Led Northeast Front Over Citizenship Bill

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Wednesday February 20, 2019

Meghalaya's United Democratic Party (UDP) has decided to quit the Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) - the BJP-led anti-Congress political alliance in the Northeast - over the Narendra Modi government's stand on the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. But it will remain in Meghalaya's Conrad Sangma-led alliance government, where the BJP is ...

National People's Party To Contest All Lok Sabha Seats In Northeast

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 9, 2019

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Saturday said his party will contest all the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the northeast, including Sikkim.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Threatens To Quit NDA Over Citizenship Bill

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 9, 2019

Amid widespread protests in the Northeast over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, National Peoples Party (NPP) president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma today threatened that his party will quit the NDA if the proposed legislation is passed in Rajya Sabha.