Meghalaya Politics Shift: 8 UDP MLAs Join BJP

Aaj Tak · politics

In a significant political development in Meghalaya, eight MLAs from the UDP have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The induction ceremony took place at the BJP headquarters in Delhi, with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra in attendance. This move alters the assembly's arithmetic, increasing the BJP's strength to ten members and making it the second-largest party in the 60-seat assembly.