Congress President Sonia Gandhi today approved the 10-member Meghalaya Pradesh Election Committee with D D Lapang as its President while Chief Minister Mukul Sangma will be part of it.
The other eight members of the Committee are Debora C Marak, M M Danggo, R C Laloo, Kennedy C Khyriem, Cherak W Momin, Charles Pyngrope, R V Lyngdoh and Joplin Scott Shylla, a statement from AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.
Elections to the 60-member Meghalaya assembly would be held early next year. The tenure of the current assembly ruled by the Congress is ending on March 6, 2018.
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