Meghalaya minister resigns days after 11 of 12 party MLAs join BJP, CM Conrad Sangma's party

The United Democratic Party (UDP) chief Metbah Lyngdoh has resigned as a Minister in the Meghalaya Cabinet following the defection of all other UDP legislators to the BJP and the NPP. Lyngdoh submitted his resignation letter to Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, citing the need to assess the current political situation and recent developments within the party.

The UDP's strength in the State Assembly was reduced from 12 to one after eight MLAs joined the BJP in September and three others joined the NPP earlier this month. Lyngdoh, who was in charge of the departments of power, textiles, water resources, and taxation, stated that the UDP's Central Executive Committee would deliberate on the developments and decide on the party's future course of action.

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