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N Biren Singh sworn in as Manipur CM

2022-03-21 00:00:00.0 铸币报-政治原网页

Senior BJP leader N Biren Singh took oath as the Chief Minister of Manipur for a second term on Monday. Singh was unanimously elected leader of the legislature party in Manipur on Sunday.

Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Singh on being sworn in as the Manipur CM.

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“Congratulations to Shri @NBirenSingh Ji on being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Manipur. I am confident his team and he would take Manipur to newer heights of progress and continue the good work done in the last five years," PM Modi said.

Singh has been invited by the Governor of Manipur La. Ganesan to form the next government. Governor Ganesan has invited Singh as the leader of the BJP legislative party to "indicate the time and date for forming the ministry" a statement issued by the Raj Bhavan said.

The Gubernatorial statement came soon after Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Kiren Rijiju handed over a letter on behalf of the party to Ganesan stating that N Biren Singh has been elected unanimously as the leader of the BJP legislature party with 32 MLAs.

Ahead of the BJP's state legislature party meeting, Singh had visited Delhi and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

The Bharatiya Janata Party retained power in the state by winning an absolute majority with 32 seats in the 60-member House in the recently concluded Assembly polls.

Congress bagged five seats and the NPP won seven seats. Naga People's Front bagged five and the Kuki People's Alliance got two seats. Independents bagged three seats.