Shillong, April 25 : A month after the imposition of President’s rule in Meghalaya, the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance will meet on Wednesday to discuss which way the combine should go to form a stable government.
With Nimarson Momin, a UDP legislator, withdrawing his resignation letter, the MPA’s strength of MLAs crawled up to 28 from 27.
The party, a major constituent of the MPA, looks forward to the return of Ampareen Lyngdoh, the other UDP legislator, to its fold soon to take the total strength of the alliance to 29.
Speaker Bindo Lanong said: “I have received a letter today from Momin dated yesterday withdrawing his resignation letter.” He set Monday as the deadline for Ampareen to withdraw her resignation letter. Lanong indicated that he would intimate the Election Commission about Ampareen’s resignation as an MLA only after meeting her in his office on Monday.
Many see J.D. Rymbai taking charge as the UDP’s new legislature party chief as a change in political equations.
A UDP legislator said today the meeting would discuss the possibilities of forming a popular government with like-minded parties.
According to him, there are two options before the UDP — to stake claim again on its own to form a government or to have a government with like-minded parties, including the Congress, provided it removed its legislature party leader D.D. Lapang. Congress sources said around 18 of their MLAs (out of 26) favoured a change in leadership to pave the way for a Congress-UDP government.