Explained: What happens if UDP MLAs join the BJP in Meghalaya?

Meghalaya MLA Claims Talks On With BJP For Switchover, His Party Denies

Suin, the legislator from Mawsynram constituency, admitted that the legislators are in touch with the BJP, and they have made certain demands.

Explained: What happens if UDP MLAs join the BJP in Meghalaya?

For the past few weeks, Meghalaya’s political circles have been abuzz with reports that a large section of the United Democratic Party (UDP) legislature party could cross over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The reports have varied between eight and nine of the UDP’s 12 MLAs, but no sitting MLA has formally announced a switch so far.

'Anything can happen',says Mawsynram UDP MLA on joining BJP

Shillong, Sept 11: Mawsynram MLA Olan Sing Suin said a team of 8 UDP legislators is in talks with the BJP and will switch over if their demands are addressed. “Anything can happen if they agree to our demands. Anything can happen, I tell you,” Suin told reporters after the UDP’s central executive committee (CEC) …

UDP says MLAs tight-lipped on BJP switch

UDP general secretary Titosstarwell Chyne on Thursday said the party has received no official word from its MLAs amid reports that 9 of its 12 legislators are set to join the BJP. “We have not received any official letter,” Chyne said, adding that the MLAs he contacted “neither denied nor confirmed” the move. He said...