Shillong: In a setback for the ruling Congress ahead of the state assembly election, a senior Meghalaya lawmaker Alexander Hek and three other legislators will join the Bharatiya Janata Party today.
Former health minister AL Hek, NCP's Sanbor Shullai and two Independent legislators - Justine Dkhar and Robinus Syngkon - will officially join the BJP at a rally in Shillong this evening in presence of the BJP election in-charge and Union Minister KJ Alphons and the party's north-east in-charge, Ram Madhav, state BJP president Shibun Lyngdoh said.
"I will put in my resignation, before joining the BJP in the afternoon (tomorrow), along with my friends," Mr Hek told PTI on Monday.
The development comes days after five Congress legislators, including former deputy chief minister Rowell Lyngdoh, resigned from the assembly and announced that they would join the National People's Party (NPP), an ally of the BJP in the NDA, on January 4.
The decision of the Congress legislators to defect ahead of the assembly polls in the north-eastern state comes as a blow for the Congress, which is facing a tough challenge to hold its fort.
Mr Lyngdoh is a minister in Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's cabinet.
Former health minister AL Hek, NCP's Sanbor Shullai and two Independent legislators - Justine Dkhar and Robinus Syngkon - will officially join the BJP at a rally in Shillong this evening in presence of the BJP election in-charge and Union Minister KJ Alphons and the party's north-east in-charge, Ram Madhav, state BJP president Shibun Lyngdoh said.
"I will put in my resignation, before joining the BJP in the afternoon (tomorrow), along with my friends," Mr Hek told PTI on Monday.
The development comes days after five Congress legislators, including former deputy chief minister Rowell Lyngdoh, resigned from the assembly and announced that they would join the National People's Party (NPP), an ally of the BJP in the NDA, on January 4.
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The decision of the Congress legislators to defect ahead of the assembly polls in the north-eastern state comes as a blow for the Congress, which is facing a tough challenge to hold its fort.
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Mr Lyngdoh is a minister in Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's cabinet.
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