<p>“I am the monarch of what I shall be,” Purno said about his political future after some of his trusted aides quit the NCP and joined the Congress Thursday.<br /><br />“If others are fools, you cannot help it. I cannot be one of them,” Purno said about the activists' party switch over. <br /><br />Political observers say, Purno is stunned by the current defection of his party men. <br /><br />The defectors include Sangma’s most trusted confidants Purno K. Sangma, former chief executive member of Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, and Edmund K. Sangma. They are brothers-in-law of the former Lok Sabha speaker.<br /><br />"E.K. Sangma and Purno K. Sangma are my very close relatives of my family. They are the cousins of my wife. I could not believe that they would cause any problem in the (social) family,” Sangma said. <br /><br />The NCP leader, however, accused the Congress for the current political instability in the state. He said that continuous infighting within the Congress was depriving the state of any development.<br /><br />“Whatever is happening in the state is shameful. Meghalaya has no respect for rule of the law. The state is functioning completely undemocratically,” he said.</p>.<p>A jubilant Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said: “They (NCP defectors) have taken the right decision to join the Congress party and I believe they would be able to serve the people of the state better.”<br /><br />Hinting that more NCP members would be joining the Congress party in the near future, Mukul said, “It is a question of like-minded people having faith and principle in the <br />Congress ideology to join. It would happen in the near future.” </p>.<p>However, he made it clear that the Congress party has not discussed Purno Sangma's return to the the Congress party.</p>
<p>“I am the monarch of what I shall be,” Purno said about his political future after some of his trusted aides quit the NCP and joined the Congress Thursday.<br /><br />“If others are fools, you cannot help it. I cannot be one of them,” Purno said about the activists' party switch over. <br /><br />Political observers say, Purno is stunned by the current defection of his party men. <br /><br />The defectors include Sangma’s most trusted confidants Purno K. Sangma, former chief executive member of Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, and Edmund K. Sangma. They are brothers-in-law of the former Lok Sabha speaker.<br /><br />"E.K. Sangma and Purno K. Sangma are my very close relatives of my family. They are the cousins of my wife. I could not believe that they would cause any problem in the (social) family,” Sangma said. <br /><br />The NCP leader, however, accused the Congress for the current political instability in the state. He said that continuous infighting within the Congress was depriving the state of any development.<br /><br />“Whatever is happening in the state is shameful. Meghalaya has no respect for rule of the law. The state is functioning completely undemocratically,” he said.</p>.<p>A jubilant Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said: “They (NCP defectors) have taken the right decision to join the Congress party and I believe they would be able to serve the people of the state better.”<br /><br />Hinting that more NCP members would be joining the Congress party in the near future, Mukul said, “It is a question of like-minded people having faith and principle in the <br />Congress ideology to join. It would happen in the near future.” </p>.<p>However, he made it clear that the Congress party has not discussed Purno Sangma's return to the the Congress party.</p>