Ex-CM Lapang Removed as Meghalaya Congress Head After 5 MLA Quit

Gandhi also appointed Celestine Lyngdoh as president of the 13-member Pradesh Election Committee.

A day after five Congress MLAs resigned from the Meghalaya Assembly to contest upcoming polls on the ticket of NDA-affiliated National People's Party (NPP), Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday removed former Chief Minister DD Lapang as state unit president and replaced him with Celestine Lyngdoh.

Lyngdoh is a cabinet Minister in Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's cabinet. Vincent H Pala, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Shillong, has been appointed as PCC working president.

However, in a bid to assuage Lapang, Gandhi has appointed him as advisor of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC).