Conrad terms Mukul ‘Congress Chief Minister’

Shillong Feb 17: National People’s Party national president, Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday called Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma as chief minister of only the Congress.

“He (Mukul) has not worked in the interest of the state but furthered the interest of his close aides and only Congress workers and supporters”, Conrad said at an election rally at Dopa Apal under Resubelpara constituency.

He was campaigning for NPP candidate Timothy D. Shira in several areas of the constituency.

Stating that under Mukul regime the distribution of MLA scheme was “party people centric”, Conrad explained the role of a legislator is to work for the interest of entire people of the constituency.

“It is responsibility of an elected leader to work equally for all, but it is shameful that most Congress leaders have only worked in close tandem with some vested leaders of the party depriving the people of the constituency they represent at large”, he said.

Explaining to the people that “irresponsible leaders” of the society should be taught a lesson, he requested the public to vote for a party and its leaders, who once elected works for the interest of the entire constituency.

“As leaders, we should not be selective. We have to become their voice and their true representative while initiating welfare and development”, he added.

He also said that Mukul and other Congress leaders had an agenda when they distributed blankets ahead of election.

“In eight years, Mukul and his comrades realised that winter comes only during election and decided to distribute blankets which were of poor and cheap quality”, he said.

Conrad said that Mukul thought that he is a great strategist who knows the magic to win elections. “But people have realised his misdeeds and those selected people who were given blankets have come out to express their dissatisfaction and vowed that this time, Congress will be taught a lesson.”

He also alleged that Congress and its leaders have made effort to be selective in distributing the blankets but they failed to realise that freebies which they provided with the intention to garner votes, have fall back on them as they compromised on the quality.

“Misdeeds and wrong intention cannot be hidden for too long”, he said.