Following the decision of Dr. Mukul Sangma, leader of the TMC Parliamentary Party, to officially stake claim for the position of Leader of the Opposition (LO) in the 11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, former LO and lone Congress MLA, Ronnie V. Lyngdoh, has decided to support the TMC leader for the post.
TMC leader and former chief minister, Dr. Mukul Sangma, on Friday said the responsibility to appoint the new Leader of Opposition (LO) is vested upon the Speaker of the Assembly.
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Speaker, Thomas A. Sangma, on Friday said he is waiting for Congress leader and incumbent Leader of the Opposition (LO), Ronnie V. Lyngdoh, to submit his resignation from the post, as the party no longer has the requisite numbers in the Assembly to allow him to continue in the role.
Leader of Opposition (LO), Ronnie V Lyngdoh, on Thursday said he leaves it to the wisdom of the Assembly Speaker on whether to denotify him from the post.
Following the recent setback, the opposition Congress has decided to move court against the merger of its three MLAs with the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) even as it will soon take a call on whether to pull out of executive committee in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC).
The Congress has made a "checkmate" by reaching out to Dr Celestine Lyngdoh and suspending the two other MLAs - Gabriel Wahlang (Nongstoin) and Charles Marngar (Mawhati) for six years before they could execute their decision to join the NPP.
Amid speculations that atleast three Congress MLAs are planning to switch over to the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) soon, the grand old party on Friday suspected two of its MLAs over anti-party activities.
According to the result, the BJP won 113 out of 116 seats in the eight zilla parishads, the Congress secured two seats, while one seat went to the CPI-M.
