Imphal: Two Congress MLAs from Manipur–Rajkumar Imo Singh and Yamthong Haokip–joined Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Monday in the presence of Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and party leader Sambit Patra.
Rajkumar Imo Singh comes from a political family in Manipur associated with Congress and Yamthong Haokip was a Congress MLA, reports ANI.
In 2017, Manipur was known for law and order problems, regular blockades and the divide between its hilly and valley regions but this is no longer so, he said. His father Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh was Manipur’s Chief Minister and the first Union minister from the State.
Sonowal welcomed them into the party and asserted that the northeast regions have established their identity under the Modi government which has ensured that union ministers and bureaucrats regularly visit the area to address issues facing it.
Patra said the BJP is proud to have these eminent personalities from the State in its fold and expressed confidence that it will win two-third seats in the Assembly polls.
The BJP had come to power in the State for the first time in 2017.
At the national executive committee meeting on Sunday, the leaders of the BJP passed a resolution which predicted a big win for the party in upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur on the planks of development and the party’s organisational strength.
The resolution praised the leadership and policies of PM Modi and the central government for delivering corruption-free governance with emphasis on digital payments and transparency.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the resolution appreciated the “methodical way” in which India’s image was shaped abroad and also condemned how the Opposition indulged in politics of opportunism.
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