P.A. Sangma resigned from NCP

             Former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma  resigned from the primary membership of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) after it refused to back his candidature for President. Stating that he had received promise of support from senior party leaders of non-Congress parties including the opposition National Democratic Alliance, he said he could not ignore “the feeling of the tribals that Raisina Hill should not continue to be a distant dream for them”.