Sangma has keen interest in music and has also organised number of musical events in the north-eastern Region.
NPP president Conrad Sangma met Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad this evening and staked claim to form the government in the state with the support of 34 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly.
Nagaland Governor P B Acharya said he has asked Neiphiu Rio to submit signatures of all the 32 MLAs supporting him by Monday.
A Congress leader claimed the BJP's victory in the Northeast was an "aberration" that did not reflect the country-wide "resurgence of the Congress".
Hailing the BJP's performance in recently-held elections in three North-Eastern states, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said the party will register victory in poll-bound Karnataka as well.
Elections were held in 59 seats in all three states due to different reasons despite them having 60-member assemblies.
In a tweet, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani congratulated BJP for winning Tripura by defeating the Left Front.
The Prime Minister said people of northeast had a sense of alienation but his government worked overtime to remove it.
CPI national secretary D Raja said the way the BJP has entered into an alliance with certain forces like the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) is highly questionable.
Elections were held in 59 seats in all three states due to different reasons despite them having 60-member assemblies.
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the biggest takeaway from today's result in Tripura is the growing political irrelevance of the Left parties.
Here are the latest pictures from the ground after the results were announced for the Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland Assembly elections 2018.
Goa Chef Minister Manohar Parrikar said the BJP's victory in the North East is unprecedented.
BJP is spreading its mark in the North Eastern states of the country.