Shillong, May 1: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday slammed the coalition partners (without naming them) for speaking against the leading party NPP during the campaign in Sohiong for the adjourned poll.
Addressing an election rally for the party candidate Samlin Malngiang, the chief minister stressed on the importance of unity and cooperation in politics and criticised political hypocrisy.
He said some political parties and leaders are making speeches against the NPP during election campaigns, despite working with them when it was convenient for them.
“I want to tell them (other political parties) in our culture, in the Indian culture as well as in the Khasi culture and in the Garo culture also, we don’t spit on the plate from which we eat. Please remember we don’t!” he remarked.
“We are good and we are kind and we work together because we believe in working together… I have never uttered a single word against these people, but it hurts me today when I hear such language and such divisive politics that people are playing. This is not healthy for our people and for our state,” he said.
Urging the people to vote for the NPP candidate to bring development and change to Sohiong constituency, he stressed that the only way to bring development to the constituency is to vote for the political party leading the government, which is the NPP. Sangma urged the people not to listen to any other political party and ensure that Sohiong constituency becomes a model constituency.
“You already know that it is the National People’s Party, the NPP, that is leading this government and hence casting your vote for any other candidate, for any other political party will be a loss for you and for the people of Sohiong constituency. Because the only way that we can take Sohiong constituency forward, the only way that we can bring development to Sohiong constituency is to be with the government and to vote for the political party that is leading the government and that is the NPP party. Therefore, in order to bring the change and the development, I urge all of you don’t listen to any other political party coming and giving speech in order to ensure that we are able to make so young constituency a model constituency,” he added.
