Overview
- Speaker Thomas A. Sangma said he received and accepted Shira’s resignation on Monday.
- An emergent Business Advisory Committee meeting scheduled the deputy speaker election for September 12, the last day of the autumn session.
- Shira told reporters he resigned as a loyal party member after receiving a call from the chief minister around 11 pm on Sunday.
- Coverage by Hindustan Times and The Sentinel frames the move as an NPP reshuffle, with talk of a cabinet reconfiguration reported as speculation.
- Shira, 79, is a long-serving MLA from Resubelpara who first became deputy speaker in 2018 and was re-elected unopposed in 2023.