India, May 13 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

Hon'ble Chief Minister, young, dynamic, very committed, and hundred percent pro-your gender, Shri Conrad Sangma.

I know you as Chief Minister when he was a child. He has grown under a banyan tree. One of the tallest leaders of this country, Shri P. A. Sangma Ji, such a lovable human being. He was Speaker of Lok Sabha and your Chief Minister. For me, it's emotional moment on two counts. One that he is Chief Minister of Meghalaya. In Sanskrit, Meghalaya is known as 'abode of clouds.' And secondly, I am grateful to you, you responded to my invitation.

I travelled all the way to Meghalaya to speak to you and invite you. I am therefore, happy and delighted when I see ...