Meghalaya's NPP announces names of 24 party candidates for 2018 Assembly elections

Shillong: The National People’s Party (NPP) has announced the name of 24 party candidates including that of former union minister Agatha K Sangma for next year’s Meghalaya Assembly election. The names of the 24 NPP candidates were announced by NPP president WR Kharlukhi who headed the state election committee on Thursday. [caption id=“attachment_2519114” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representative image. IBNLive[/caption] Agatha, the youngest daughter of former Lok Sabha PA Sangma will contest the election from South Tura assembly constituency in West Garo Hills district. Agatha is a former MP from Tura Lok Sabha and also a former minister of state for rural development in the UPA II government. Agathas eldest brother James K Sangma, the NPP spokesperson and Nihim D Shira both MLAs have been renominated from the Dadenggre and Songsak constituencies respectively. The names of other candidates announced were that of former deputy chief minister Timothy D Shira, former deputy Speaker H S Shylla, two former ministers FW Momin and Manirul Islam Sarkar and former MLA Marcuise N Marak. The other candidates include W Shylla, former chief executive member of the Khasi hills autonomous district council CB Syiem. Syiem will contest from Nongpoh. Assembly elections in Meghalaya are due in March next year.