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Ruling MDA members to meet for support of NPP candidate

Shillong, June 4 (UNI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday informed that he would convene a meeting of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) for the election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat on June 17.
National People’s Party (NPP) state president WR Kharlukhi is the consensus candidate of the MDA while the opposition Congress is fielding its former party legislator Kennedy Khyriem for the seat.
Sangma, also the NPP national president, welcomed the announcement made by the Election Commission of India to conduct the Rajya Sabha elections on June 19.
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