Oath taking ceremony of Meghalaya CM elected Conrad Sangma and others in Shillong  Meghalaya held.

Ending to the 10-year ruling of the grand old Congress Party in Meghalaya, National People's Party (NPP) president Conrad Sangma took oath as the 12th Chief Minister of the state on Tuesday.

Governor Ganga Prasad invited Sangma to form the government after the Saturday results threw up a broken go-ahead.

 Conrad Sangma has claimed support of 34 MLAs.

Union home minister, Rajanath singh  greeted the new Council of Ministers as saying, “ I congratulate Conrad Sangma. There was a perception that only Congress party can survive in the north-east but now that BJP has gained victory here that perception will change, “ said Union Minister Rajnath Singh in Shillong

North East Assembly Election results 2018 in 3 NE states crucial for BJP's boost ahead of 2019 General Election.

Tripura was voted on February 18, while Nagaland and Meghalaya were voted on 27 February. In these three states, there are 60-60 seats in the Assembly, but for any reason, in all the three states voting was held in 59-59 seats. In the forecast till now, in all the three states, this time the BJP has the full potential of counter-attacking. In Tripura, BJP has seen a lot of power over the ruling Left Front government for the past 25 years. It would be interesting to see if the BJP would be successful in eliminating the continuing communist rule in power for 25 years.