Shillong, Dec 3: National political parties have weakened India’s federal structure by issuing diktats that state units have to follow, even if they interfere with the public’s will, former Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma said today.

Even as the CM of Meghalaya under the Congress Party until 2018, Dr Sangma said certain decisions – such as the composition of his cabinet – were out of his hands as it was the All India Congress Committee (AICC) that made these calls.

The question of whether or not Dr Sangma will once again rejoin the Congress from his current home in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been the subject of speculation over the past few weeks, especially since his brother, Zenith Sangma, returned to the Congress fold. However, his comments today seem to have drawn a line under t

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