The BJP on Tuesday elected Yumnam Khemchand Singh as the leader of the Manipur Legislative Assembly. Khemchand will take oath as the next Chief Minister of Manipur.
Yumnam Khemchand Singh will take oath as the next Chief Minister of Manipur. (x/ @PTI_News)The decision was taken after a meeting of BJP legislators from Manipur held in Delhi days before the end of President’s rule in the northeastern state. After the meeting of BJP MLAs, NDA partners in Manipur also held a meeting on Tuesday.
Monday was the BJP’s Parliamentary Board Appointed the young Chug Central Observer of Election of Leader of Manipur Legislative Party.
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“On Sunday, all the MLAs were asked to come to Delhi for the meeting on Monday. All 37 MLAs are in Delhi for the meeting. The meeting was supposed to be held on Monday evening but after the latest announcement about the central observer, we all got information that the meeting has been postponed till 3 pm tomorrow,” a state BJP leader told HT.
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Former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh had confirmed on Sunday last week that all NDA partners in the state had been called for a meeting in the national capital.
“All NDA has joined Invited…let’s hope for a positive response,” Singh told reporters, according to news agency PTI. “Government is an ongoing process. I try my best to change the landscape of Manipur state,” he added.
Singh resigned as Chief Minister of Manipur last year, after which President’s Rule was imposed in the northeastern state on February 13, 2025.
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President’s rule was imposed after months of violence in the state amid ethnic tensions between the Kuki Jo and Meitei communities.
In August last year, Parliament extended the President’s rule by another six months. The Union Home Ministry also granted an extension to the three-member commission of inquiry that is probing the communal violence in Manipur, according to an earlier HT report.
The panel constituted on June 4, 2023 has been extended till May 20, 2026 to submit its report.
