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From kingmaker to one MLA: Meghalaya's UDP all but wiped out as three more defect to NPP
Three of the four remaining United Democratic Party MLAs in Meghalaya have applied to merge with the ruling National People's Party. The UDP expelled all three, shrinking a 12-MLA party to a single legislator in under a month.
UDP down to one: three more MLAs seek to merge with Meghalaya's ruling NPP
Three of the four remaining UDP MLAs in Meghalaya have applied to merge with the ruling National People's Party, which would lift the NPP's strength in the 60-member House from 33 to 36. The UDP has expelled all three.
Three UDP MLAs move to merge with ruling NPP, Speaker to decide
Three of the four remaining UDP MLAs have applied to Speaker Thomas A. Sangma to merge with the ruling National People's Party, days after eight of their colleagues crossed over to the BJP. The move would lift the NPP's strength to 36 in the 60-member House and leave the UDP with a single legislator.