March 20, 2017 by admin

BJP wins Manipur floor test

Imphal (Manipur), The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh on Monday won floor test.

The victory was marked with the support of 32 of the total 60 MLAs in the Manipur Assembly.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) left no stone unturned to form the government in the state and lodged all its legislators in a Guwahati hotel along with an Independent and a Trinamool Congress lawmaker since Thursday.

N. Biren Singh was sworn in as the first BJP Chief Minister of Manipur on March 16.

Only two BJP MLAs, including the Chief Minister, were inducted in the BJP-led ministry, while four MLAs of the NPP, one each of the NPF and LJP, and the Congress legislator, who joined the saffron party, were included in the ministry.

The BJP had won 21 seats and formed the state government with the support of four MLAs each of the NPP and NPF, one MLA of the LJP and one each lawmaker of Congress and Trinamool Congress who joined the saffron party.

Earlier, Yumnam Khemchand Singh of the BJP was elected as the new Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly.

Khemchand, a legislator from Singjamei constituency, was elected Speaker by voice vote when the House assembled this morning ahead of the floor test.