Shillong, April 20 : The two United Democratic Party legislators, Ampareen Lyngdoh and Nimarson Momin, may return to the UDP fold after their meetings with Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Bindo Lanong.
Their separate meetings with the Speaker for the first time since their resignations could pave the way for their return to the party.
Ampareen today said she would meet the Speaker tomorrow but her decision to withdraw the resignation letter would depend on the UDP’s stand to provide a stable government.
Momin said he would first obtain the opinion from the people of the constituency in Garo Hills before meeting the Speaker.
Ampareen resigned as MLA on April 1 citing political instability as the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) and the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) could not form the government. Two days later, Momin resigned from the Assembly, criticising the stand of the UDP which resulted in the present political stalemate.
By not intimating the Election Commission about their resignations, Lanong, however, has kept the doors open for them to reconsider their decisions. Sources said the UDP legislators, who had resigned, now want the UDP brass to take a decision on having a Congress-UDP government in the state.
According to UDP sources, Ampareen could withdraw her resignation if the party which has 10 legislators including her, agreed to join hands with the Congress to form a stable government.
The sources said she would communicate this during her meeting with the Speaker tomorrow.
Momin said: “I am on my way to the Garo Hills and will meet my voters tomorrow. Once I get the majority opinion from the people of my constituency in the Garo Hills, I will decide accordingly and later I will come and meet the Speaker to convey my decision.”
The UDP leaders today indicated that by persuading the two UDP legislators to resign the Congress aimed at weaning away the other eight UDP legislators to support a Congress-led government.