SPECIAL - Will the BJP's sudden meteoric rise in Meghalaya last?

By Raymond Kharmujai Shillong, Sep 23 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), once considered an outsider in Christian-majority Meghalaya's political arena, witnessed a sudden meteoric rise after eight legislators of the United Democratic Party (UDP), a major regional political party in this northeastern state, joined the saffron party on Wednesday. The eight legislators joined the BJP in New Delhi and were welcomed by BJP leader and union Minister Kiren Rijiju, BJP leader in-charge North East Sambit Patra, BJP Meghalaya president Rikman Momin and other leaders. With eight MLAs exiting the party, the UDP's strength has now been reduced to four…