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The Congress had not even healed after losing grounds in Punjab, in yet another blow, the Congress has now suffered a massive setback in Northeast state Meghalaya where 12 out of its 17 Congress MLAs, including the state’s former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma joined Mamata Banerjee’s TMC (Trinamool Congress). 

Back in 2018 elections, Conrad Sangma from National People’s Party (NPP) formed the Government with the support of UDP & BJP. The Congress had emerged as the single largest party in the 2018 assembly election with 21 seats. The NPP was the second closest securing 19 seats. However, it was the NPP that formed the government, because smaller parties like the BJP, which could win only two seats in the Meghalaya Assembly, followed by the United Democratic Party, which won six, and the People’s Democratic Front, with four seats, all supported the candidature of Conrad Sangma as Chief Minister. Hence, in 2018 six political parties formed Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) coalition and formed the new government with NPP stand tall with 41 seats whereas Congress was the strongest opposition with 17 seats.