<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) was the ruling coalition of political parties that formed the Government in the state of Meghalaya, India from 2008 to 2009 . It was led by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the United Democratic Party (UDP) who are the second and third largest parties in the 8th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly . Chief Minister Dr. Donkupar Roy and the other ministers in the Government belong to the MPA . </P> <P> The MPA was formed soon after the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, 2008 when it emerged that the Indian National Congress (INC) did not have sufficient Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to form the Government . All the non-INC parties in the state decided to join hands and formed the MPA in a bid to keep the INC out of power in Meghalaya . </P>

When did meghalaya formed its first coalition government