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Months ahead of Assembly polls, 4 Meghalaya MLAs join BJP

way2barak, Dec.14: Months ahead of the Assembly elections, four Meghalaya MLAs joined BJP on Wednesday. Two of them were from the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), one from TMC, while another was an independent MLA.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is the party’s pointsman for the region, said the joining of the four “experienced and respected” political figures will mark a “new beginning” for the BJP in the state, where it could win only two seats in the 60 member-assembly in the 2018 polls.

Though the state’s ruling NPP has been a member of the BJP-led National Democratic Party, their relations have been far from smooth. The BJP’s decision to induct two of its MLAs, Benedic Marak and Ferlin Sangma, into its fold underscores its determined push to corner the NPP and emerge as a strong force in the state ahead of the polls likely to be held in February.

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