Trinamool Congress has multiple challenges to handle in Meghalaya, it says PM Modi's Shillong visit was a "wrong timing"

Conrad has blundered : Trinamool North Shillong candidate Elgiva Rynjah  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Shillong visit on Sunday, Dec 18, was on a "strong timing" and NPP leader and Meghalaya Chief Minister did a "blunder" by addressing the function in Hindi, Trinamool Congress candidate for North Shillong Ms Elgiva Rynjah has said.

"The Prime Minister came to Meghalaya on wrong timing...it was a Sunday..on Sundays even as a Christian I  don't go to the podium and address a function. But you see, our Chief Minister being a Christian himself (Mr Conrad) not only addressed the gathering...he also spoke in Hindi," she told this journalist.

"You know why he did that ...because he wants to get green signals from Narendra Modi...and I will tell you today, Mr Conrad Sangma has made a blunder. Welcome to the world of politics...and may be he is still a kid," said the 32-year-old and one of the Youngest candidates in February 2023 polls.

Of course even a section of citizens in the state capital said the state BJP leaders should have briefed high command and the Government of India and and advised to avoid the NEC Golden Jubilee function on a Sunday.

Trinamool leader Ms Elgiva said, "The BJP is just not sensitive to the Christian sentiment. Even during Congress Government in the state when Mukul Sangma was the Chief Minister if Indira Gandhi’s birthday fell on a Sunday we celebrated it either the previous day or the next day".

In this context, she claimed as it is the Christian sentiment was hurt in the past when the Modi government made Dec 25th the Good Governance Day on the Christmas day because Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday falls on Dec 25.

However, the BJP leaders are making light of the opposition charge vis-a-vis holding of NEC function on a Sunday and said they are raking up these non issues as all of them know that BJP's Trump card is Development and parties such as Trinamool Congress do not have any positive claims on these lines.

"These are old tricks tried by our rivals...They were perhaps successful in 2018 also. But now five years have gone, we were in power of course as a smaller partner but no church was closed or no food was banned " says BJP leader 

Michael Kharsyntiew.

Another BJP ticket aspirant from Shillong North M Kharkrang, said --- "I have come to the conclusion that  all the states ruled by BJP, they have shown immense development. That was something underlined by the Prime Minister's visit on Sunday".

Trinamool leader Ms Elgiva denies her party will be a vote cutter party.

"We are serious contender and we will form government".

To a  question on Trinamool Congress getting the tag of a "Bengali party" in Meghalaya, Ms Elgiva said -- " I  don't believe Trinamool Congress is a Bengali party because...in such a situation should we say even our national anthem penned and sung by a Bengali himself is a Bengali anthem. So, my question is why is India singing that national anthem".

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