TURA: The sports activities division of Meghalaya has denied permission to the BJP to host an election rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at P A Sangma Stadium in Chief Minister Conrad Okay Sangma’s house constituency of South Tura, citing development work at the venue. The BJP, fuming over the event, alleged that the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), together with the Trinamool Congress and different opposition events, had been attempting to stall a ‘wave of the saffron occasion’ in the state.
The PM was scheduled to take part in campaigning in Shillong and Tura on February 24.
“The sports department has communicated that it will not be fit to host such a big gathering at the stadium as construction work is still going on and materials kept at the site may be of safety concerns. Therefore, an alternate venue at Alotgre cricket stadium is being considered,” District Electoral Officer Swapnil Tembe advised PTI.
The stadium, constructed at a value of Rs 127 crore, with 90 per cent of the funds borne by the Centre, was inaugurated by the CM on December 16 final 12 months. BJP nationwide common secretary Rituraj Sinha stated he was amused how a stadium could be declared ?incomplete and unavailable? for use for the PM’s rally simply two months after inauguration.
“Is Conrad Sangma and Mukul Sangma scared of us (BJP)? They are trying to stall the BJP’s wave in Meghalaya. You can try and stop PM’s rally but the people of the state have made up their minds (to support the BJP),” he stated.
Sinha asserted that seeing individuals’s response to rallies of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and different star campaigners of the BJP, different events have been stunned.
Senior BJP chief A L Hek stated the PM will maintain a roadshow in Pynthorumkhrah constituency in Shillong on February 24.
