Sangma and his daughter Agatha Sangma, who is Minister of State for Rural Development, met Jayalalithaa at the Secretariat.
Though the visit was described as a "courtesy call", it assumes significance as the NCP leader has pitched for a tribal candidate to be fielded in the coming Presidential poll.
The Meghalaya MP had recently said even after 60 years of India becoming a republic, no tribal had become the President.