Meghalaya: 12 Congress MLAs quit party; set to join Trinamool Congress
The 12 MLAs include all the eight MLAs from Garo Hills and four from Khasi-Jaintia Hills.
SHILLONG:
In a major setback to the opposition Congress, as many as 12 MLAs quit the party and are headed to the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Highly placed sources in Congress said that Leader of Opposition and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Mukul Sangma along with eleven other legislators submitted a letter to the Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh on Wednesday evening stating that they are joining AITC.
“We have quit Congress and have joined TMC,” one of the MLAs said over phone. The MLAs are convening a press conference on November 25 to officially announce their decision.
The 12 MLAs include all the eight MLAs from Garo Hills and four from Khasi-Jaintia Hills.
Apart from Mukul Sangma, the other MLAs from Garo Hills are Zenith M Sangma (Rangsakona), Dikkanchi D Shira (Mahendraganj), Miani D Shira (Ampati), Winnerson D Sangma (Salmanpara), Marthon D Sangma (Mendipathar), Jimmy D Sangma (Tikrikilla) and Lazarus Sangma (Chokpot).
From Khasi-Jaintia Hills region, those who quit the Congress include Charles Pyngrope (Nongthymmai), George B Lyngdoh (Umroi), Himalaya Shangpliang (Mawsynram) and Shitlang Pale (Sutnga Saipung).
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