Shillong: Tourism has been reallocated to National People’s Party (NPP) legislator from West Shillong Paul Lyngdoh, who has been re-inducted into chief minister Conrad Sangma’s cabinet.Lyngdoh was among three former United Democratic Party (UDP) MLAs who joined NPP recently. Eight other party legislators have merged with BJP.According to a notification issued by the cabinet affairs department on Nov 3, 2026, Lyngdoh has been re-allocated the departments of social welfare, tourism and arts & culture, of which he was in charge until being abruptly dropped from the ministry last year.Lyngdoh was re-inducted into the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance-2.0 cabinet on Monday, following which the CM redistributed the portfolios.According to the notification, former tourism minister Timothy D Shira of NPP will continue to hold the departments of agriculture & farmers welfare in addition to power and water resources. These portfolios were earlier held by UDP president Metbah Lyngdoh, who recently resigned as cabinet minister after 11 of his party MLAs defected.BJP legislator Sanbor Shullai, who relinquished arts and culture to Paul Lyngdoh, will continue to hold animal husbandry and veterinary, fisheries, taxation, legal metrology, and printing & stationery.
