Shillong, March 05: National People’s Party (NPP) Supremo, Conrad Kongkal Sangma will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Meghalaya on Tuesday morning even as the Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) expressed reservation against the BJP being of non-Congress government to install.

The HSPDP which has stitched a post-alliance with the NPP objected Sangma, the lone NPP Lok Sabha member, of being projected as a Chief Minister.

But the HSPDP legislators –- Renikton Lyngdoh and Samlin Malngiang –- have signed the letter support, which was handed over to Governor Ganga Prasad on Sunday projecting Sangma as their leader to lead the non-Congress government

The designated Chief Minister Sangma, who is the non-elected member of the 60 member Meghalaya Assembly, will be administered the oath of office and secrecy along with his council of ministers. He will be the 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya.

Sources said that Renikton Lyngdoh of the HSPDP will be inducted as a cabinet minister.

On Sunday, Sangma staked a claim to form the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government with the support of six from UDP, four from People’s Democratic Front (PDF), two each from HSPDP and BJP, besides one Independent MLA Samuel Sangma.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Amit Shah Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is the chairman of the North East Democratic Alliance, a non-Congress entity will also attend the swearing ceremony at Raj Bhavan.

The NPP which won 19 assembly seats in the just concluded state polls is the second largest party after the Congress winning 21 seats.

Meghalaya is the second state, after Manipur and Goa, where the Congress has not been able to forge a post-polls alliance with any of the regional parties despite emerging as the largest single party.

“We have offer formulas to the UDP for working together either that the UDP should lead the government or share power for two and half years, but the UDP leadership Donkupar Roy told me that this (formula) could have been discussed much earlier,” outgoing chief minister Mukul Sangma told journalists

Asked if the Congress can still turn the tables to lead the government, Mukul said, “You must go by history of the state and the experiences we have gone through and look at people who there in Congress, NPP and others and how in a given situation especially in a football match certain players can always create a turn around. . . Congress has that kind of wherewithal to create a turnaround in any given situation, whenever needed.”

Meanwhile, the HSPDP which convened an emergent central executive committee meeting has expressed reservation to cobble up with the BJP since the stand of the party has been a non-Congress or non-BJP government.

“A pre-poll alliance was forged between the UDP and HSPDP but they (UDP) did not consult us when they proposed the name of Conrad Sangma to be the chief minister,” Basaiawmoit told journalists.

Basaiawmoit also led the delegation of his senior party members to UDP president Donkupar Roy residence expressing reservation for not consulting the HSPDP leadership for cobbling up with the BJP and projecting the NPP president as Chief Minister.

“A non-Congress or non-BJP government could be formed along with the NPP, without working together with the BJP or Congress,” the HSPDP Chief said, while detailing the numbers of non-Congress parties and three Independents.

Basaiawmoit said the chief ministerial candidate could have been also elected from among the elected legislators of the NPP.

“The NPP has been projecting the name of Prestone Tynsong as the Chief Ministerial candidate, but now they elected Conrad who is not an elected legislator,” the HSPDP leader said.