Meghalaya News: 8 Ministers Resign Ahead Of CM Sangma’s Cabinet Reshuffle

Ahead of a reshuffle in the Meghalaya cabinet to be held later on Tuesday, eight ministers, including senior leaders AL Hek, Paul Lyngdoh and Ampareen Lyngdoh, have resigned from the council of ministers, officials said.

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, who heads the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government, met Governor C H Vijayashankar at Raj Bhavan here and submitted the resignations of the ministers, they said.

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The new ministers are scheduled to be sworn in at Raj Bhavan at 5 pm on Tuesday, one of the officials said.

"Eight ministers, who resigned from their posts, are Ampareen Lyngdoh, Comingone Ymbon, Rakkam A Sangma and Abu Taher Mondal of the NPP, Paul Lyngdoh and Kyrmen Shylla of the UDP, Shakliar Warjri of the HSPDP and AL Hek of the BJP," another official said.

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Their resignation paved the way for the induction of new ministers in the cabinet, he said.

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