A total of 234 members including U Paw, U Sein Kyaw, Daw Mar Mar Htay, U Myint Hlaing, U Tun Kyaing, U Myint Than, U Than Tun, U Nay Lin, U Kyaw Moe of Ayadaw Township National League for Democracy of Sagaing Division, resigned from the party of their own accord by sending their letters of resignation to NLD Headquarters and authorities concerned on 11 August.

In the letter sent to Ayadaw Township Multiparty Democracy General Election Sub-commission, they said they quit the NLD of their own volition on the grounds that they were fed up with party’s activities and that it had been committing subversive acts in league with internal and external destructive elements.