The Nationalist Congress Party is likely to field former Lok Sabha speaker P A Sangma's daughter Agatha K Sangma to contest the byelections to the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya.
The byelection, scheduled to be held on May 22, has been necessitated after P A Sangma quit the Lok Sabha after being elected as MLA in the 60-member Meghalaya Legislative Assembly on March 8.
The nine-times MP said he had decided to return to state politics to ensure all round development.
"We are still in a consultation stage. We will consult our coalition partners in the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance government and decide our nominee for the by-election to the Tura Lok Sabha seat," NCP president Dr W Kharlukhi said.
The NCP president said a few names had already been figured out, including Agatha K Sangma, as the possible nominee.
He added that the party's consultative committee would convene a meeting on April 21 to finalise the candidate.
Chief Electoral Officer P Naik on Friday said filing of nominations would start on April 28.
Meanwhile, the opposition Congress will meet on April 25 to finalise their nominee for the byelection.
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