Will NPP’s direct alignment with BJP hurt their MP prospects in Tura?

Tura: Voting for the Tura Lok Sabha seat is over, and all we can do now is wait for June 4 to learn who emerges victorious. This is the right time to look at what happened during the campaign.

To begin with, let’s start with when announcements of candidates were made for each party in the run-up to the polls. Agatha Sangma’s candidature as the NPP’s MP prospect was a no-brainer, with the name of the 3-time MP being announced almost a year before the announcement of polls as the Shillong candidate for the party, M Ampareen Lyngdoh.

For Congress, Shillong MP Vincent Pala was the known candidate although there was speculation on the Tura seat, with two prospects, Saleng Sangma and former Deputy CM Deborah Marak in the fray.