Former Lok Sabha Speaker, the late Purno Agitok Sangma has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan, his family said on Wednesday. He has become the first recipient from Meghalaya to be awarded India’s second-highest civilian honour.
It is an honour for the people of the northeastern states and especially to our community (Garo tribals) that the government has conferred Padma Vibhushan to him, Sangma’s widow Soradini K.Sangma told IANS over phone from Australia.
We (family) are honoured. We feel that the award is in recognition to his selfless service and contribution to the people and to the nation, she added, while thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the selection committee for bestowing the award.
Echoing his mother, Sangma’s son and Tura MP Conrad K Sangma said: My father had enjoyed the support, love and affection of the people across the nation and especially from the people in Garo hills where they had elected him 10 consecutive times as their representative to the parliament and even to the Meghalaya assembly.
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