Following the AdC election and prediction of a hung mandate, MPCC working president Pynshngain N. Syiem on Friday ruled out the idea of his party joining alliance with the NPP in the KHADC, citing opposition from the majority of party members and the state’s populace.
“As per the wishes of the majority, we would not like to work with the NPP,” Syiem, who was the Deputy CEM in the NPP-led Executive Committee in the KHADC, said after casting his votes at the Lumshyiap community hall polling station. He, however, said Congress was game for discussions if the mandate is fractured and three to four parties need to work together.
“We will need to discuss all these possibilities depending on the outcome after the counting on February 24,” he said. Syiem, who is also the party candidate from Mawkhar-Pynthorumkhrah, said he could not feel any wave in favour of his VPP and NPP rivals. “There was no wave either for the VPP or the NPP either unless the silent voters back their candidates,” he said.
