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N-E leaders avoid Cong council meet
NEW DELHI, MAY 23: If Saturday's meeting of the North-Eastern Congress Coordination Committee NECCC is any indication, the Congress may...
Written by Vijay Simha
May 24, 1999 12:00 AM IST
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NEW DELHI, MAY 23: If Saturday8217;s meeting of the North-Eastern Congress Coordination Committee NECCC is any indication, the Congress may reap a bitter harvest following its sacking of P A Sangma along with Sharad Pawar and Tariq Anwar. The meeting, called on the orders of the AICC, saw most top party leaders from the region staying away.
Nagaland Chief Minister S C Jamir, currently NECCC chairman, had the company of only two state units, Sikkim and Assam, which sent their PCC chiefs and CLP leaders to the meeting. One ex-MP from Meghalaya, P K Kyndiah, also attended the meeting. Missing were PCC presidents and CLP leaders from Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura.
There was more trouble for Jamir as the NECCC8217;s founding member and current general secretary B B Datta quit his post. Datta is a Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Meghalaya and he is expected to announce his resignation from Parliament too in a few days after deciding to back Sangma.
Though the gathering backed the CWCresolution expelling Pawar, Sangma and Anwar, the mood was said to be low-key.
More trouble appears to be brewing in Meghalaya, where the Congress is a member of the ruling alliance; a majority of the MLAs are reportedly backing Sangma. The state Congress unit is said to be on the verge of announcing its split officially, the majority going with Sangma, which will logically lead to the fall of the B B Lyngdoh government.
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