Manipur: N Biren Singh to be sworn in as CM at 3:30 pm today

N Biren Singh will be formally sworn in as the Chief Minister of Manipur for the second consecutive term today, along with his council of ministers. The swearing-in ceremony will

N Biren Singh will be formally sworn in as the Chief Minister of Manipur for the second consecutive term today, along with his council of ministers. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Raj Bhawan at 3:20 PM today. Among top leaders, BJP National President JP Nadda will be attending the swearing-in ceremony.

It may be mentioned here that N Biren Singh was unanimously elected as leader of the legislature party of the BJP in a meeting held on Sunday, which was attended by the party’s central observers, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Union law and justice minister Kiren Rijiju.

The Bharatiya Janata Party retained power in the state by winning an absolute majority with 32 seats in the 60-member House in the recently concluded Assembly polls. Congress bagged five seats and the NPP won seven seats. Naga People’s Front bagged five and the Kuki People’s Alliance got two seats. Independents bagged three seats.

The BJP leaders have been discussing the government formation in Manipur after the BJP won an absolute majority in the state for the first time.

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