SHILLONG
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to field former legislator of Mawsynram Himalaya M Shangpliang as its candidate from Shillong parliamentary constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, to be held next year.
Sources in the party said that leaders of the party have proposed the name of Shangpliang as a candidate for the Shillong seat while taking his experience into consideration.
Shangpliang, a former bureaucrat, lost the Mawsynram seat in the 2023 Assembly polls.
The Shillong parliamentary constituency is presently represented by opposition Congress MP Vincent H Pala.
When asked, BJP state president Ernest Mawrie said that the party is preparing to fight all elections including the Lok Sabha election.
“We are going to fight all the elections. We are preparing whether it is local elections or district council elections and even the Lok Sabha elections,” he said while adding that “We are a national party and we have to follow according to the direction and guidelines from the Centre.”
Meanwhile, Mawrie also appealed to the people of Sohiong, which will go to poll on May 10, to vote for the party if they want all-round development of the constituency.
The BJP is fielding Seraph Eric Kharbuli, who is a lawyer by profession.