Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Ampareen Lyngdoh today stunned media persons by refusing to give any comment on any of the queries posed by them.
Today Lyngdoh and four Congress MLAs met at the MLA Hostel here to discuss their next course of action in view of the decision by the Congress high command to suspend their party membership for extending support to the MDA government without the prior consent of the party.
Sources said that during the meeting the five MLAs unanimously decided to stick to their decision to be part of the MDA government “come what may”.
However, when media persons asked various queries about the stand of the five MLAs including on the decision by the Congress leadership to suspend her and the four MLAs, Lyngdoh only replied in two words “no comment”.
This runs contrary to the fact that Lyngdoh has been talkative and responding to all queries posed by the media in the past few days after she and her four colleagues rebelled against the party by extending support to the BJP-backed MDA government.
A few days back, Lyngdoh had said that all the five MLAs are ready to face any disciplinary action by the party.
She had also accused the MPCC of holding secret talks with the NPP for a pre-poll alliance in the upcoming 2023 Assembly elections.
It may be mentioned that the Congress high command has decided to suspend the party membership of all the five Congress MLAs for extending support to the MDA government without the approval of the party.
The Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) in its meeting on February 11 had recommended suspension of the party membership of the five MLAs comprising of Lyngdoh, Process T. Sawkmie, Mohendro Rapsang, Kimfa Sidney Marbaniang and Mayralborn Syiem.
Sources said that an official intimation from the AICC regarding suspension of the five MLAs has been sent to MPCC president Vincent Pala. He is likely to issue the same to the five MLAs tomorrow.
The MLAs are also likely to be asked to withdraw their support to the MDA government. If they remain adamant, they face the possibility of expulsion from the party.
As per rules, if an MLA is suspended by any political party then that member will be regarded as the independent member of the Assembly. He/she can vote in the House as and when required and it will be counted and authorised.
The five Congress MLAs gave their letter of support to the MDA government on February 8 leaving the party with no more MLAs in the 60-member Assembly.
Earlier, out of 17 Congress MLAs in the State, twelve including former chief minister Dr. Mukul Sangma, defected to the Trinamool Congress in November last year.
