SHILLONG, June 17 -- Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has expressed confidence that the MDA candidate Dr WR Kharlukhi will win the election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat on June 19."The writing on the wall is clear that we will win this election," Sangma told reporters after convening a meeting of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance on Wednesday night.

The chief minister said all coalition parnters of the MDA except KHNAM legislator Adelber Nongrum have expressed their full support to the candidature of Dr Kharlukhi, who is the state president of the National People's Party (NPP).

The opposition Congress is fielding its former legislator Kennedy Khyriem for the election.

Asked, Sangma said, "We respect the candidature of the oppsotion as th...