Congress And BJP Are Part Of Same Alliance - How It Happened

Reacting to the development, the Meghalaya unit of the Trinamool Congress said the "power hungry people have officially joined hands"

The two rivals, Congress and BJP, are in the same alliance in Meghalaya now. All five Congress MLAs in Meghalaya led by party Ampereen Lyngdoh has given support to the coalition led by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma's National People's Party, or NPP, in which the BJP is also a partner.

Ms Lyngdoh said the Congress leaders have decided to join Mr Sangma's Meghalaya Democratic Alliance, or MDA.

All the five Congress MLAs met with Mr Sangma today and gave him their letters of support.

The NPP and the Congress had been traditional rivals, but both parties have come closer after 12 Congress MLAs joined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.