Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang Sunday admitted losing majority support in the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), but asserted that the leadership issue in the state was still open.
Lapang's statement came a night after Mukul M. Sangma, the chief minister's trusted aide, was unanimously chosen as his successor by 21 of the 28 Congress legislators.
Sangma is currently a deputy chief minister in the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) coalition government.