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Meghalaya: UDP serves show-cause notices on three legislators for declaring to join BJP

Shillong, Sep 23 (UNI) The United Democratic Party, one of the main regional political parties in Meghalaya, has suspended three of its eight legislators for their recent public announcement that they would be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Interestingly, UDP President Metbah Lyngdoh announced the suspension of three party legislators on Wednesday, hours after they joined the BJP along with five other party legislators in the BJP headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of union Minister Kiren Rijiju and senior BJP leaders.
He said that the show-cause notices were served on Olan Singn Suiñ, Kyrmen Shylla, and Mathew Beyondstar Kurbah on September 21, following their public announcement to join the BJP.
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