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4 leaders from poll-bound Meghalaya join BJP

Meghalaya goes to polls in 2023

Meghalaya's NPP's MLAs Benedic Marak and Ferlin CA Sangma, TMC MLA HM Shangpliang and Independent MLA Samuel Sangma join BJP in presence of Assam CM Himanta Sarma, at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 14

Four MLAs of poll-bound Meghalaya – HM Shangpliang, Samuel Sangma, Ferlin CA Sangma and Benedic Marak – joined the BJP on Wednesday in presence of NEDA Convenor and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

Meghalaya goes to polls in 2023.

While Ferlin Sangma and Benedic Marak have switched over from the ruling NPP, HM Shangpliang belonged to the opposition TMC. Samuel Sangma was an Independent MLA of Baghmara Assembly constituency before joining the BJP.

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