Shillong, Mar 6 (IBNS): National People’s Party (NPP) leader Conrad K Sangma took oath as the new Meghalaya Chief Minister on Tuesday.
The swearing-in ceremony was held at Raj Bhawan in Shillong at 10.30 a.m..
Sources said that 11 ministers will be inducted in the new government.
Among them, 6 will from NPP, 2 from UDP, 1 each from BJP, PDF and HSPDP.
Despite a fractured mandate in the Assembly polls, the state is going to witness its first non-Congress government taking charge in 15 years.
With the support of 34 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly, NPP chief chief Sangma met the state governor Ganga Prasad on Sunday and staked his claim to form the next government in the north-eastern state.
Meanwhile, just a day before the swearing-in ceremony in Meghalaya, the Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) on Monday refused to support NPP in a coalition government if BJP takes part in it.
HSPDP President Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit said that the party is not going with Conrad K Sangma led government.
“We want a non-Congress and non-BJP government,” Basaiawmoit said.
The HSPDP chief also said that UDP did not consult with his party before proposing Conrad K Sangma’s name as the Chief Minister.
HSPDP won 2 seats in the Meghalaya assembly polls.
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