Himanta Sarma: BJP will form government in Meghalaya

Shillong, Mar 4 To keep Congress out of power in Meghalaya, Assam Finance, Health and Education Minister and Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alongside territorial gatherings will form the next government in the state.

"I am confident that the regional parties and the BJP will form the government in Meghalaya together. The people in Meghalaya have rejected the Congress. We are committed on giving them an alternate form of government and we are moving toward that path just,".

Following its defeat in the Meghalaya polls yesterday, the BJP recommended that the regional parties - National People's Party (NPP) and United Democratic Party (UDP) ought to go into a cooperation to frame a "non-Congress government" in the state, as Meghalaya voters returned a hung get together.

The BJP managed to win only two seats, while the Congress held its hold on Meghalaya by winning 21 seats, 10 short of the dominant part 31-seat mark in the 60-member house.

The NPP won 19 seats, while other regional parties won 17 seats, inferring that despite the fact that the Congress has won, regardless it may not shape the legislature in the state.