Two members U Tun Naing and U Poe Pein of Mohnyin Township National League for Democracy of Kachin State resigned from the party of their own volition, sending their resignation letters to NLD Headquarters and local authorities on 28 August.

In their resignation letters sent to Mohnyin Township Multiparty Democracy General Election Subcommission, they said that they no longer wished to stand as party members. That was why they resigned from the party of their own accord, they said.