Two members U Maung and U Tin Aung of Sagaing Township National League for Democracy of Sagaing Division on 13 August and another one U Kyaw Aung on 14 August resigned from the party of their own volition, sending their resignation letters to NLD Headquarters and local authorities.

In their resignation letters sent to Sagaing Township Multi-party Democracy General Election Subcommission, they said that they did not want to be members any longer and moreover they had no trust in the leaders of the party. That was why they resigned from the party of their own volition, they said.