SHILLONG: Three Congress Ministers Ampareen Lyngdoh, Roshan Warji and HDR Lyngdoh, who were part of the dissident group, have shifted their allegiance to extend support to beleaguered Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.
The trio pledged their support to the Chief Minister during a meeting with him at his official residence on Saturday evening.
Sources, however, said that they have done so fearing that they might lose their respective places in the cabinet if a new leader is elected,
Sources within the party said that Sangma tried to reach out some dissident ministers to secure their support.
The MPCC chief DD Lapang earlier cancelled a scheduled meeting on Saturday with all the dissident legislators including the Ministers.
Though the change of AICC general secretary in charge of Meghalaya V. Narayanasamy was cited as the reason for the cancellation of the meeting, the actual reason appears to be the sudden shift of allegiance by three Ministers. Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister met Lapang to amicably settle the leadership issue.
Sources said that the Chief Minister quoting AICC wanted the issue to be settled amicably without effecting a change of leadership.
