Staff Reporter

Shillong, March 14: NPP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar has informed that the party will conduct a post-mortem on the party’s poor performance in the Khasi Hills region in the just concluded Assembly polls.

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“We will conduct a post-mortem on this after the Assembly’s budget session,” Dhar told reporters today.

The National People’s Party (NPP) won only 8 seats from Khasi and Jaintia Hills region. Of these, two are from the East Khasi Hills district.

“(The results in) Jaintia Hills are okay as we have already predicted to get between 4-6 seats. Similarly, in Ri Bhoi, we also predicted 1-3 seats but it was a little bit unexpected in the Khasi Hills region,” he said.

Asked if anti-incumbency against the NPP was high in the Khasi Hills region, Dhar said, “It is difficult (to say) as we are yet to know the actual reason why we lose many seats in Khasi Hills region. Therefore, we will conduct a postmortem as soon as the budget session is over in order to improve in the next election.”

The deputy chief minister refused to agree that the NPP is not acceptable to the people of the Khasi Hills region and said, “There are many factors. You know in Khasi Hills, there are so many parties – UDP, PDF, BJP, NPP, and VPP. But it does not mean that it (NPP) is not accepted. To get 26 seats in the whole state it is not a joke.”