GUWAHATI The merger of a regional political party has increased the number of MLAs of the National People’s Party (NPP) in Meghalaya to 28.
The NPP is three seats short of a simple majority in the 60-member Meghalaya House.
Led by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, the NPP won 26 seats— up from 19 in 2018— in the February 27 Assembly elections while the six-year-old People’s Democratic Front (PDF) won two.