Longding: NPP Chief Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday wrapped up his three-day campaign tour to Arunachal Pradesh with the promise to stand up for the rights of the indigenous people.
During his campaign tour, he visited Longding, Leparada, and Dumporjio in Arunachal Pradesh.
The NPP chief was accompanied by the party’s National Treasurer Dr. Mehtab Agitok Sangma and National General Secretary James K. Sangma.
Sangma, who is also the Chief Minister of Meghalaya, said the NPP may be a partner of the NDA coalition but when it comes to the issue of the people of the Northeast and the indigenous communities, NPP will always be the first to stand up for the rights of the people.
“We will work with NDA; we have an alliance, but whenever we have to fight for the cause of Northeast, or Arunachal Pradesh or Meghalaya, we will stand up for our people. I assure you that we will always stand up and fight for our people,” he said.
Sangma said NPP believes in the interest of our people, and whatever decision it takes, will keep the people and the country first.
“People have given their mandate to us, and we cannot break the trust of our people. We shall work with passion and full commitment to further the interest of our people,” the NPP supremo said.
Talking about the development and economic growth of Arunachal Pradesh, he said, “We need good people on our team with experience and vision.”
Sangma said the NPP has many retired administrative officers and government servants who have joined the party to work as a team to further the development and growth of the region.
Seeking the mandate of the people for 22 candidates contesting the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly election, he said, “We need the right candidates to voice and articulate our concerns, and NPP has carefully chosen candidates who can truly represent the voice of the people of Arunachal Pradesh.”
“In my state (Meghalaya), we have initiated programs for the farmers, women, and the youth. We have streamlined interventions that directly and indirectly will upscale the socio-economic condition of our people,” Sangma said.
The NPP chief said entrepreneurship programmes in Meghalaya have won accolades from the Government of India and international agencies for the best Start-Up ecosystem.
“We believe that our candidates, when elected, will take a cue from our model and replicate the same in Arunachal Pradesh,” Sangma said.
Reminding the gathering of (L) Purno Agitok Sangma’s vision for Northeast and its people, he said, “His ideals were simple; he wanted that the diverse communities of the region should come together to make their voice heard, loud and clear in Delhi.”
Conrad K Sangma said since communities have no political unity, Purno A Sangma floated the NPP to be a united forum to voice the concerns of our people.
“In a democracy, the number is important, and if we want to make Delhi take us seriously, we have to empower our own homegrown party so that we are taken seriously, and our concerns are addressed,” he added.
He said in the past Delhi would ignore the MPs from the Northeast if they raised their concern, but the scenario is slowly changing as the leaders of the region have been able to unitedly stand for the cause of the people.
“We should take conscious political decisions, choose leaders who can articulate our aspirations and our voice,” Sangma said.
