Meghalaya: UDP falls to single digit as three legislators desert party for NPP

Shillong, Oct 19 (UNI) In another major shift in Meghalaya's political landscape, three of the four remaining United Democratic Party (UDP) legislators on Monday submitted their merger documents with the NPP, to Assembly Speaker Thomas Ampang Sangma. The move follows their decision to desert the UDP, the state's main regional political party, and cross over to the ruling National People's Party (NPP). The three legislators - former Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh, former Public Health Engineering Minister Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar, and Nujorki Sungoh-formalised the transition, though Sungoh was not physically present during the submission of the merger documents as he is…