Overview

• Eight ministers resigned on Tuesday to clear the way for a new council to be sworn in at 5 p.m. at Raj Bhavan after Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma submitted the induction list to Governor Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar.
• From the NPP, Ampareen Lyngdoh, Abu Taher Mondal, Rakkam A. Sangma, and Comingone Ymbon are out, with Sosthenes Sohtun, Timothy D. Shira, Wailadmiki Passah, and Brening A. Sangma set to replace them.
• UDP leaders Paul Lyngdoh and Kyrmen Shylla will make way for Metbah Lyngdoh and Lahkmen Rymbui, BJP’s Alexander L. Hek will be replaced by Sanbor Shullai, and HSPDP’s Shakliar Warjri will be succeeded by Methodius Dkhar.
• The new lineup will have no women ministers following Ampareen Lyngdoh’s exit, and East Jaintia Hills loses a cabinet berth as the UDP seat goes to West Jaintia Hills’ Lahkmen Rymbui.
• Influence within local networks expands with three ministers linked to the Dhar family — Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar, Wailadmiki Shylla, and Sosthenes Sohtun — while NPP inductees Timothy D. Shira and Brening A. Sangma add representation from North and West Garo Hills.