James MDA candidate for Meghalaya RS seat

Shillong: National People’s Party (NPP)-led ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA)-2.0 on Wednesday unanimously decided to field James PK Sangma of NPP as its candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Meghalaya, with the election scheduled on June 18.A resolution on the common candidate was adopted at a meeting of parliamentary party leaders of all MDA constituents, chaired by CM Conrad K Sangma.“Since various parties had proposed various names of individuals belonging to the respective political parties and there being no point of consensus on a single name, it was decided to follow the established convention of endorsing the proposal put forward by the largest constituent (NPP),” United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and MLA Paul Lyngdoh said. CM Conrad Sangma said, “It is important to note that the candidate which we are proposing now is not a political party candidate but it has been adopted as a resolution as the MDA-II’s candidate”.James will submit his nomination papers on June 5.Elder brother of Conrad and a three-time MLA from Dadenggre assembly constituency, West Garo Hills, James (50) had lost the 2023 assembly election to Rupa M Marak of Trinamool Congress by seven votes.