United Democratic Party (UDP) president Metbah Lyngdoh resigned as <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/nature-and-wildlife/article/new-study-helps-identify-3-4-lakh-hectares-of-cultivable-wasteland-in-meghalaya-23656011" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">a minister in the Meghalaya Cabinet </a>on Saturday, days after 11 of the party&rsquo;s 12 MLAs joined the BJP and the NPP, leaving him as the UDP&rsquo;s sole legislator in the state Assembly.
The development followed a series of defections that saw eight of the UDP MLAs merge with the BJP in September and three others with the NPP, the chief minister's party, earlier this month.
Lyngdoh said the UDP&rsquo;s Central Executive Committee would deliberate on the developments and decide on the future course of action in consultation with party leaders and office-bearers.
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