New Delhi, May 8 : The possibility of installation of a Congress-NCP ministry in Meghalaya, which is currently under President's rule following dismissal of the MPA government, brightened today with both parties finalising modalities to provide a stable government.
"We have made some breakthrough. We have accepted NCP's offer to join hands. We are finalising the modalities," Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Mukul Sangma told PTI here.
Meghalaya was brought under President's Rule on March 19 last in view of the fluid political situation, dismissing the Donkupar Roy-led Meghalaya Progressive Alliance government.
The 60-member Assembly, where Congress has 26 MLAs and NCP 14, has been kept under suspended animation since then.
Sangma said the idea behind Congress and NCP joining hands was to provide a "stable government" in the interest of the people of the state.
With the chances of installation of a government, likely to be headed by veteran Congress leader D D Lapang, Union Cabinet may take a view of the situation and recommend lifting of the President's Rule.
NCP leader P A Sangma and Congress leaders Ahmed Patel and Luizinho Faleiro have held several rounds of meetings in the national capital during the last few days to sort out their differences, sources said.