Leading BJP leader in Meghalaya resigns, likely to join NPP

Leading BJP leader in Meghalaya H. M. Shangpliang announced his resignation from the party on Wednesday, blaming “nepotism” among party members ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year.

In his letter of resignation to Ernest Mawrie, president of the Meghalaya BJP, Shangpliang stated: “I understand that as long as nepotism, prevailing within the rank and file of the state BJP continues under the leadership of the state President, it will hinder all possible steps of the dedicated and loyal party men to freely exercise their minds and grow in the party.”