Shillong, June 27 (UNI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday said he would soon convene a meeting of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) to take a collective decision on the presidential election.
Sangma, whose party, the National People’s Party (NPP) is leading the MDA coalition had already announced its support to the BJP-led NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu, who is likely to be the first tribal leader and the second woman to occupy the post.
The former Jharkhand Governor on Friday filed her nomination papers for the July 18, presidential election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi handing over the set of papers to Returning Officer P.C. Mody.