"There was lot of ill-feeling on the day of filing the nomination. I was asked to go for consensus," Nongtdu was quoted as saying by a section of the media.The disciplinary committee, in the show-cause, asked Nongtdu to clarify if the statements that appeared in the media were true and why he did not give in any clarification if they were false.
Nongtdu, a former Rajya Sabha MP and also a former MPCC president, has been asked to reply within August 12.
Friday Lyngdoh was on July 21 re-elected unopposed as the president of MPCC.In 2008, the octogenarian Lyngdoh was appointed MPCC president by AICC president Sonia Gandhi after replacing Nongtdu in a bid to strengthen the party.