Polls in 3 NE states crucial for BJP's dreams, Cong survival, Oppn unity

Amid internal rifts in parties, changing equations, and shifting demands, the key issue for Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura - which go to polls next year - revolves around development

Meghalaya

Gloves are off in a four-way slugfest

Four MLAs from Meghalaya — Bendict Marak, Himalya Muktan, Ferlinc A Sangma, and Samuel Sangma — join BJP in the presence of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
 

A month after Meghalaya Chief Minister (CM) Conrad Sangma announced that his National People’s Party (NPP) would contest alone in the 2023 Assembly polls, four Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), including two NPP legislators, jumped ship and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earlier this month.

This is the story of Meghalaya: