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  • Manipur Congress Vice President Chaltonlien Amo switches to BJP

    By PTI

    IMPHAL: In a blow to the Congress, its vice president for Manipur and MLA, Chaltonlien Amo switched over to the ruling BJP, on Sunday a day after elections to the state assembly were announced.

    Amo joined the BJP at a small ceremony at its office in Imphal in the presence of Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupedra Yadav, who is also the party in-charge of Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh and BJP Manipur president A Sharda Devi.

    Since elections to the state assembly in the 2017 when Congress won 28 seats in a house 60, the grand old party has been beset with desertions depleted its strength in the house.

    Amo has since been suspended from Indian National Congress with immediate effect, a party statement issued Sunday evening said.

    A statement issued by Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee sid “on the recommendation of Disciplinary Action Committee, MPCC, the president, MPCC, is pleased to suspend Dr. Chaltolien Amo from the Indian National Congress under the Constitution of Indian National Congress.”

  • Manipur Congress leaders meet party chief Sonia Gandhi, discuss political situation in state

    By ANI

    NEW DELHI:: Ahead of the 2022 assembly elections, a meeting of Manipur Congress leaders with party interim President Sonia Gandhi is underway at her residence in the national capital on Tuesday, informed sources.

    CLP Leader, Shri Ibobi; PCC President Shri N. Loken and Shri @Gaikhangam2 along with other delegates of CLP – Shri @meghachandra_k, Km. @MirabaiAkoijam and Md. @fajur_rahim met Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi to discuss political scenario of Manipur at New Delhi today pic.twitter.com/lN4r2Q2DjM
    — INC Manipur (@INCManipur) November 9, 2021
    All India Congress Committee (AICC) Manipur incharge Bhakta Charan Das, senior observer Jairam Ramesh along with other party leaders met Sonia Gandhi. Former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and Gaikhangam Gangmei are also present in the meeting.

    The meeting is crucial as elections are due in early next year and Manipur is an important state in the north east region. Manipur has 60 assembly seats wherein BJP is currently in power.

  • Congress strength in Manipur assembly down to 16 as veteran legislature resigns

    By PTI
    IMPHAL: Govindas Konthoujam, Congress MLA and former president of Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) Wednesday resigned from the membership of state Assembly and primary membership of the party.

    Konthoujam submitted his resignation letters to Speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh and MPCC interim president Nameirakpam Loken Singh.

    A six-time consecutively elected MLA from Bishnupur seat, he had resigned as MPCC president on July 20. Assembly poll in the northeastern state is due in 2022.

    Loken Singh told PTI that Konthoujam has submitted his resignation letter from the primary membership of the party at the Congress Bhawan here stating that he had taken the step due to personal reasons.

    An Assembly official told PTI that Konthoujam submitted his resignation letter to the Speaker on Wednesday morning.

    Congress had bagged more seats in the 60-member house than BJP in the 2017 state Assembly poll but had failed to cross the halfway mark and was unable to cobble up an alliance to form the government.

    The BJP had then managed to stitch up an alliance with other parties and came to power.

    Presently the House has an effective strength of 56 in which the BJP has 25 members and the Congress 17.

    With Kanthoujam’s resignation from the House and the party the figure for the Congress now stands at 16.