Sangma President Elections

Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People's Party (NPP) national president Conrad K Sangma today filed his nomination papers in Tura for the upcoming Assembly election that will take place later this month.

Ahead of this month's Meghalaya polls, Chief Minister and the National People's Party (NPP) president Conrad K Sangma on Friday released the party's election manifesto.

The National People's Party or the NPP will emerge as the single largest party in Manipur, asserted its party president Conrad Sangma. A comment which is likely to cause some concern within the BJP, its alliance partner.

The Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) has put forth the name of National People's Party state president WR Kharlukhi as the consensus candidate of the ruling coalition for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state, party leaders said today.

The National People's Party or NPP will contest eight seats in the Mizoram elections on November 28, party national secretary Lalrina said Thursday. The NPP was launched in Mizoram by its president and Meghalaya chief minister, Conrad Sangma, on September 29.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, back last night in India from a short vacation, assessed the results of assembly elections in the northeast today, accusing the BJP of "usurping" power through a proxy in Meghalaya.

The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) has said it will support the BJP from outside if its legislators did not get "respectable representation" in the new Tripura government. IPFT president NC Debbarma has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to pick the chief minister from among tribal members of legislative assembly (MLAs). NPP's Conr...

Meghalaya appeared to be slipping through the Congress' fingers on Sunday afternoon after the United Democratic Party announced its support to the National People's Party (NPP), the regional party that won 19 seats and is supported by the BJP as well. Outgoing Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and the BJP's master strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma rushed to...

National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the "People's Document" for Meghlaya at an election rally here.

Ahead of next week's assembly elections in Meghalaya, Congress president Rahul Gandhi returned to the state for the second spell of his campaign, dedicating one day for the Garo hills.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, former Union minister and NPP leader Agatha K Sangma and state NCP president Saleng Sangma were among the 153 candidates who filed their nominations for the February 27 Assembly election yesterday, an official said.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination to take over as the next Congress President at the party headquarters in Delhi today. Top leaders of the Congress party were present as over 90 sets of nomination papers were filed to support Rahul Gandhi's candidature. Once elected, he will take over as Congress President from his mother an...

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.

In Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, former chief minister PA Sangma has been travelling in a bus for the past month to campaign for the upcoming assembly election on February 23. Mr Sangma has been taking this bus, which the locals call the 'Magic Bus', at every public meeting that he has attended in his home district to address large crowd.

The Supreme Court today upheld the election of Pranab Mukherjee as President and dismissed former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader PA Sangma's petition against him. The verdict was delivered by a five-judge constitution bench and went 3:2 in favour of Mr Mukherjee.

Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People's Party (NPP) national president Conrad K Sangma today filed his nomination papers in Tura for the upcoming Assembly election that will take place later this month.

Ahead of this month's Meghalaya polls, Chief Minister and the National People's Party (NPP) president Conrad K Sangma on Friday released the party's election manifesto.

The National People's Party or the NPP will emerge as the single largest party in Manipur, asserted its party president Conrad Sangma. A comment which is likely to cause some concern within the BJP, its alliance partner.

The Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) has put forth the name of National People's Party state president WR Kharlukhi as the consensus candidate of the ruling coalition for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state, party leaders said today.

The National People's Party or NPP will contest eight seats in the Mizoram elections on November 28, party national secretary Lalrina said Thursday. The NPP was launched in Mizoram by its president and Meghalaya chief minister, Conrad Sangma, on September 29.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, back last night in India from a short vacation, assessed the results of assembly elections in the northeast today, accusing the BJP of "usurping" power through a proxy in Meghalaya.

The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) has said it will support the BJP from outside if its legislators did not get "respectable representation" in the new Tripura government. IPFT president NC Debbarma has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to pick the chief minister from among tribal members of legislative assembly (MLAs). NPP's Conr...

Meghalaya appeared to be slipping through the Congress' fingers on Sunday afternoon after the United Democratic Party announced its support to the National People's Party (NPP), the regional party that won 19 seats and is supported by the BJP as well. Outgoing Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and the BJP's master strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma rushed to...

National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the "People's Document" for Meghlaya at an election rally here.

Ahead of next week's assembly elections in Meghalaya, Congress president Rahul Gandhi returned to the state for the second spell of his campaign, dedicating one day for the Garo hills.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, former Union minister and NPP leader Agatha K Sangma and state NCP president Saleng Sangma were among the 153 candidates who filed their nominations for the February 27 Assembly election yesterday, an official said.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination to take over as the next Congress President at the party headquarters in Delhi today. Top leaders of the Congress party were present as over 90 sets of nomination papers were filed to support Rahul Gandhi's candidature. Once elected, he will take over as Congress President from his mother an...

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.

In Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, former chief minister PA Sangma has been travelling in a bus for the past month to campaign for the upcoming assembly election on February 23. Mr Sangma has been taking this bus, which the locals call the 'Magic Bus', at every public meeting that he has attended in his home district to address large crowd.

The Supreme Court today upheld the election of Pranab Mukherjee as President and dismissed former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader PA Sangma's petition against him. The verdict was delivered by a five-judge constitution bench and went 3:2 in favour of Mr Mukherjee.