Shillong, March 21:
National People’s Party president Purno A Sangma on
Friday formally re-entered active politics when he filed his nomination
papers for Tura parliamentary constituency in Meghalaya from where he
had been an MP for over four decades.
Sangma, who
came on a wheel chair due to a fall last week, was accompanied by his
daughter, former Union Minister of state Agatha Sangma and son James K
Sangma who is also the party spokesperson in the state and other party
workers. He filed his papers before Pravin Bakshi, the returning officer
for Tura seat.
Sangma returned to active politics at
the national level after a gap of six years when he contested the
assembly elections in Meghalaya in 2008.
The Congress candidate, Daryl Momin, also filed his papers making a bid at entering electoral politics for the first time.
Momin is mentored by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma himself to take on the NPP president head on in the Garo Hills region.
Meanwhile,
sitting MP from Shillong parliamentary constituency and Congress
nominee Vincent H Pala also filed his nomination papers to contest the
April 9 Lok Sabha elections along with three other candidates who had
filed their papers for the Shillong seat.
The BJP candidate Shibun Lyngdoh also filed his nomination papers today, the fourth candidate in the fray for Shillong seat.
United
Democratic Party candidate Paul Lyngdoh and Aam Admi Party candidate A
Kharshiing have already filed their papers earlier.
Pala
was accompanied by Congress chief in Meghalaya D D Lapang, Transport
Minister H D R Lyngdoh and party workers as he filed his papers at the
office of Sanjay Goyal, the returning officer for Shillong seat.