Meghalaya Nationalist Congress Party

Meghalaya Nationalist Congress Party a

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that existed in

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and J ...

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in December 2003. It was formed by Cyprian Sangma on December 15, when six out of 14

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...

legislators broke away. Four of the six were immediately given cabinet berths in the D.D. Lapang government. On December 21 MNCP merged with the

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. MNCP was also the name of another NCP splinter group in the state, formed in 2001. Defunct political parties in Meghalaya 2003 establishments in Meghalaya Political parties established in 2003 Political parties disestablished in 2003 Nationalist Congress Party {{Meghalaya-stub