Guwahati: The Meghalaya NPP-led government is under fire from the BJP for allegedly refusing to give the saffron party permission to organise a massive rally in Tura for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Meghalaya BJP has claimed that the NPP-led state government did not approve conducting PM Modi’s rally at Tura’s PA Sangma Stadium on February 24.
“The government denied permission for the rally saying that the stadium is not yet ready for any programme,” the Meghalaya BJP alleged.
Rituraj Sinha, the BJP’s national general secretary and co-convenor for the Northeast, questioned the NPP-led government on why the stadium was inaugurated while it wasn’t yet finished.
“Last year in December, Conrad Sangma inaugurated the stadium in a grand event and announced that it was ready,” Sinha said.
He added: “Now after two months, the same government is saying that the stadium is not ready. What does it mean? It means that the NPP doesn’t want a mega BJP rally in Tura. It is scared of the party’s popularity and rise.”
“All the parties contesting this election in Meghalaya – be it the NPP or the TMC or the Congress – all are worried about the acceptance of PM Modi and the BJP by the people of Meghalaya,” he said.