Congress, TMC, UDP supporters join NPP

More than one hundred supporters of three political parties – Congress, TMC and UDP – from Mawryngkneng on Tuesday joined the National People’s Party (NPP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

They were welcomed by NPP spokesperson Himalaya M Shangpliang, KHADC CEM Pyniaid Sing Syiem and other party leaders at a meeting held at the state party office here.

Speaking to reporters, Shangpliang said, “More than 100 of them who have enrolled themselves as members of the party today and we are happy to learn that leaders of the Congress has informed the meeting today that they were impressed with the leadership of Conrad Sangma and Prestone Tynsong and seeing the kind of development that this party and the government under the leadership of Conrad K Sangma has given to the length and breadth of the state and particularly in Mawryngkneng.”

“These leaders of the Congress, TMC and the UDP felt it that they would like to join the party to enable their own followers to avail of the facilities and the schemes that prevails in the government. These leaders also further said that they are going to strengthen the NPP particularly in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections by supporting Ampareen Lyngdoh in her campaign as well as her victory,” he said.

Asked, Shangpliang said that the NPP is growing from strength to strength with the joining of more and more people to the party.

“You see in the last few weeks you must have witnessed hundreds and hundreds of workers of other parties joining the NPP. To start with Batskhem Ryntathiang, Mairang MDC and he along with his followers had joined the party. Then again, it was followed by the MDC from Mawkyrwat Carnes Sohshang and his followers then we also saw an ex-MDC of Nongpoh Rona Khymdeit from Congress along with her followers, then again we saw just few days back district president of UDP in Ri Bhoi along with his followers joining the party and just day before yesterday, we saw more than 200 Congress workers from Mylliem constituency joining this party. That just goes to show that the NPP is growing from day to day because these people have seen that the only party that has stability, the party that can be trusted and the party with confidence is the NPP,” he said.