Bappaditya Paul

SILIGURI, June 5 : Robbed of his chief ministerial ambitions, by ally UDP in Meghalaya, NCP general secretary and the former Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr PA Sangma, is eyeing to return to national politics.

As per sources close to him, the UPA top brass wants Mr Sangma to return to the national arena, in some key role, that will be befitting to his stature.
He could either make a come back as a Cabinet minister or in some respectable constitutional position, such as the deputy chairperson of the Planning Commission, sources said.
“The request has come from the UPA itself and Mr Sangma is considering it positively. But in any situation, Mr Sangma returns to the national arena, it must conform to his stature as a former Union Cabinet minister and Lok Sabha Speaker. After all he cannot accept a lower position,” said Mr Ratan Shome ~ a close associate of Mr Sangma, based at Tura, in Meghalaya.
Mr Sangma is now camping in New Delhi, to weigh the possibility of his desired come back and a development is likely to take place in the next couple of days.
Sixty-two year old Mr Sangma, had voluntarily relinquished the Tura MP seat, for his daughter Ms Agatha Sangma, in 2007 and decided to stay in the state politics in Meghalaya.
In fact, he later got elected as a MLA and materialised a coalition government in Megha-laya ~ comprising the NCP, UDP and other smaller regional political factions