Suryaa National Desk: Surya National Desk, Shillong: Unpredictable equations are taking place in the politics of the northeastern state of Meghalaya. The rest of the United Democratic Party... Surya National Desk, Shillong: Unpredictable equations are taking place in the politics of the northeastern state of Meghalaya. Three of the remaining four MLAs belonging to the United Democratic Party are ready to join the ruling National People's Party.
This development within a few days of the approval of the assembly speaker for the merger of eight UDP MLAs with the BJP is causing a stir in the politics of the state. Merger papers to Speaker – Three MLAs into NPP: UDP legislators Paul Lyngdoh, Nujorki Sungoh, Renikton Lyngdoh Thongkhar will on Monday evening formally submit a letter of merger of their legislative party with the ruling NPP along with Assembly Speaker Thomas Sangma. According to the provisions of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution, the Defection Act does not apply to three out of four remaining members of the party (more than two-thirds) who are prepared to merge. 37 .
The party president Methba Lyngdo left alone: The UDP, which was once the kingmaker in Meghalaya politics and played a key role in the formation of governments, has been reduced to only one member in the assembly with the latest developments. At present, the party president and minister Methba Lyngdoh is the sole representative of the UDP in the assembly. It is noteworthy that the Speaker dismissed his disqualification petition against eight people who had joined the BJP recently due to technical errors. With a series of migrations, the presence of the regional party UDP has almost disappeared in the assembly.