Members U Kan Oo, U Ba Hlaing, U Kauk, Daw Myint Myint Thein, U Aung Naing Thein, U Shwe Thee and U Maung Aye of Sagaing Township National League for Democracy of Sagaing Division resigned from the party of their own volition on 29 August.

They sent letters of resignation to the NLD headquarters and local authorities.

In their letters sent to Sagaing Township Multiparty Democracy General Election Subcommission, they said that they had lost interest in the acts of the party and they no longer wished to stand as members of the NLD. Hence, they resigned from the party of their own accord, they said.