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This is an archive article published on March 8, 2008

Lapang elected CLP leader in Meghalaya, to stake claim

D D Lapang will again be the Chief Minister of Meghalaya where he is likely to head a coalition government after the ruling Congress emerged as the single largest party in a hung House.

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D D Lapang will again be the Chief Minister of Meghalaya where he is likely to head a coalition government after the ruling Congress emerged as the single largest party in a hung House.

Lapang, who was the Chief Minister, was today unanimously chosen as the leader of the state Congress Legislature Party at a meeting of the 25 newly-elected Congress MLAs, party spokesman Mukul Sangma said.

He said Lapang would now meet Governor S S Sidhu to formally stake claim to form the government.

Sangma was, however, silent on alliance partners.

The Congress, which had fought the March 3 Assembly polls alone after heading a coalition government, has emerged as the single largest party in the elections which has thrown up a hung House.

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