SHILLONG:
Ahead of the Assembly elections, two more sitting legislators resigned as members of the 11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly on January 11, and will likely join the National People’s Party (NPP)
These include Jimmy D Sangma (Tikrikilla) and Marthon J Sangma (Mendipathar), who are both from the opposition All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).
Altogether, twelve legislators have so far resigned ahead of the elections reducing the strength of the House of 60 to 49.
The strength of the opposition AITC was also further reduced to 9. Earlier, Mawsynram legislator Himalaya M Shangpliang had resigned and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).