Imphal Mar 20 PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced that N Biren Singh would remain the chief minister of Manipur for a second termSitharaman who has been sent to the northeastern state as central observer said Singh was unanimously chosen by the BJPs state legislature party as its leaderThe legislature partys meeting and announcement follows 10 days of uncertainty since the assembly poll results were announced with rivals Biren Singh and senior BJP MLA Th Biswajit Singh rushing to Delhi twice to meet central leaders in what was seen as part of a hectic lobbying exercise by competing camps despite denials of differencesIt is a good decision taken unanimously which will ensure that Manipur has a stable and responsible government The Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives special attention to the northeastern states the finance minister saidSitharaman and Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju who is the co-observer arrived at Imphal earlier on Sunday to attend the meeting of the newly elected BJP MLAs in ManipurUnion Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav Manipurs titular king and BJPs Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba and party national spokesperson Sambit Patra also flew in for the crucial meetThe BJP returned to power in Manipur by winning 32 seats in the 60-member House in the recent assembly electionsIn the 2017 polls although the BJP had won only 21 seats it managed to lure MLAs from the Congress which clinched 28 seats and Biren Singh was sworn in as the first-ever BJP chief minister in Manipur PTI CORR JRC RBT RBT

Imphal Mar 20 PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala on Sunday announced that N Biren Singh would remain the chief minister of the northeastern state of Manipur for a second term Sitharaman has been sent to Manipur as central observer by the BJP party said Singh was unanimously chosen by partys state legislature party as their leader The legislature partys meeting and announcement follows 10 days of uncertainty since the results were announced with rival leaders Biren Singh and senior BJP MLA Th Biswajit Singh rushing to Delhi twice to meet central leaders in what was seen as part of a hectic lobbying exercise by rival camps despite denials of differencesSitharaman and Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju who is the co-observer arrived at Imphal earlier Sunday to attend the meeting of the newly elected BJP MLAs in the state Union Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav Manipurs titular king and BJPs Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba and party national spokesperson Sambit Patra also flew in for the crucial meet The BJP has returned to power in Manipur by winning 32 seats in the 60-member House in the recent assembly elections in the state PTI COR JRC JRC

Imphal Mar 20 PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju arrived at Imphal on Sunday to attend a meeting with newly elected BJP MLAs in the state party sources saidSitharaman has been appointed as the central observer and Rijiju as co-observer for the election of the BJP legislature party leaderSitharaman is also scheduled to meet BJP workers in Manipur a state party leader saidThe two central ministers were accompanied by caretaker Chief Minister N Biren Singh and legislators Th Bishwajit and Y Khemchand who had gone to New Delhi on SaturdayUnion Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav Manipurs titular king and BJPs Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba and party national spokesperson Sambit Patra also arrived with themThe BJP has returned to power in Manipur by winning 32 seats in the 60-member House in the recent assembly elections in the state PTI COR ACD ACD