Meghalaya Cong’s SOS to Delhi: BJP trying to topple us

Madhav, however, denied that the BJP was trying to destabilise the government. “Any suggestion that the BJP is trying to destabilise the Meghalaya government is false. The Congress party should keep its own house in order rather than trying to blame others for its own mess,” Madhav told The Indian Express.

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Another party leader said BJP leaders were in touch with parties in all states, except Mizoram and Tripura.

Chief Minister Sangma’s letter comes in the wake of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Shillong last week as part of the government’s second anniversary celebrations. BJP sources said its splendid victory in Assam in the assembly elections would be an “entry gate” to the region where the Congress and its offshoots have dominated for decades.

Sangma has, however, assured the Congress leadership that his government was stable and that he had the support of Independents, said party sources. The Congress has 30 MLAs in the 60-member assembly and is supported by NCP’s two MLAs and 11 independents.

In his letter, Sangma wrote that the BJP has been trying to create trouble for his government since the NDA came into power at the Centre. He added that some of his party colleagues, including two Cabinet ministers, have been in touch with Ram Madhav.

Congress sources said the CM also referred to an alleged meeting between state party chief DD Lapang and the BJP general secretary. They added, however, that the Congress leadership continues to back Sangma, and that Rahul Gandhi has asked him to placate the dissidents.

The crisis in the Meghalaya unit was fuelled by the defeat of the Congress in the Tura Lok Sabha by-election, where the Chief Minister’s wife Dikkanchi D Shira lost to former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma’s son Conrad K Sangma by more than 1.92 lakh votes, the biggest margin in the history of the state.