Imphal (Manipur) [India], March 20 (ANI): Hours after Manipur's caretaker Chief Minister N Biren Singh was elected as the chief minister again, Bharatiya Janata Party observers along with other party leaders on Sunday held a meeting to stake claim to form the government in the northeastern state.
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 Jan 30 PTI BJP will contest all the 60 seats of Manipur Assembly and announced its entire list of candidates for the February-March election on Sunday The list of candidates was released at the BJP state headquarters here and signed by party national general secretary Arun Singh Among the main contestants are Chief Minister N Biren Singh who will be contesting from Heingang constituency PWD Minister Th Biswajit Singh from Thongju Govindas Konthoujam the former Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee president who joined BJP recently from Bishnupur BJP has given party tickets to three women candidates and denied three sitting MLAs Seven MLAs who had defected from Congress and joined BJP have been given nominations according to the list of candidates issued on Sunday Three Congress MLAs who had resigned from Congress and joined the saffron party were however denied BJP tickets Assembly election in the north eastern state will be held in two phases on February 27 and March 3 Counting of votes will be held on March 10 PTI COR KK KK KK
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