Agatha to get married on Nov 21

Former Union Minister and Lok Sabha member from Tura, AgathaK. Sangma will get married on November 21 with her fiancé, Dr. Patrick RongmaMarak, a doctor.

The family source informed that it would be a simple familyand it will be the in the family borrow Tura. Agatha K. Sangma is the youngestdaughter of former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno Agitok Sangma and youngest sister ofMeghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and Home Minister James K. Sangma.

The 39-year-old MP from Tura on Saturday got engaged to Dr.Patrick Rongma Marak at a quiet ceremony at Rajasimla village in East Garohills district.

Her fiancé, Dr. Patrick Rongma Marak, is an alumnus of theRegional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.

The couple exchanged rings, cut a cake and planted asapling. Agatha's bothers, mother Soradini K Sangma and North Tura MLA ThomasSangma attended the ceremony.

Sources close to the family said the marriage ceremony islikely to be solemnized at the Sacred Heart Shrine, the largest Catholic Churchin Garo hills on November 21.

The marriage ceremony will be followed by a simple marriagereception at Agatha K. Sangma's residence at Walbakgre in Tura.

The family members are likely to keep the marriage as simpleas possible as the MP from Tura does not like extravagance.

Born in New Delhi, Agatha received her LLB degree from thePune University. She did her Masters in Environmental Management at theUniversity of Nottingham in the UK.

Agatha K. Sangma was first elected to the Lok Sabha fromTura in 2008 when she won a by-election after her father had decided to the joinstate politics.

She had successfully contested the 2009 polls as a candidateof Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and was inducted as the youngest ministerin UPA II government.