Shillong (PTI): BJP's lone legislator in Meghalaya A L Hek, today joined the Congress along with over 250 supporters.
Three-times legislator, Hek, representing Pynthormukhrah constituency, joined the ruling party in presence of Chief Minister D D Lapang, AICC in-charge of Meghalaya Luizinho Faleiro and senior Congress leaders.
"Meghalaya is a Christian state. It is difficult to be in a party which has stuck to its Hindutva agenda and reverted back to the issue of construction of a Ram Temple," Mr. Hek had said a couple of days ago.
BJP's state Minority Morcha president S Ahmed joined the Congress along with Mr. Hek.
BJP General Secretary Dipayan Chakraborty said Mr. Hek had not resigned from the party and questioned his joining the Congress while still being an elected member of the party.
"He should resign as an MLA as he had won on a BJP ticket," he said.
The party would look into whether he could be charged under the Anti-Defection law. "We have to consult our party leaders in New Delhi before expelling him," Mr. Chakraborty said.
