Manipur CM 1 Cong MLA 6 ex legislators leave for Delhi

Imphal, August 16 (PTI) Manipur Chief Minister N Biren
Singh left for New Delhi by a chartered flight on Sunday with
one Congress MLA and six ex MLAs who resigned from the house
and the primary membership of the party.
    The lone Congress MLA who left for New Delhi in the
special chartered flight along with the Manipur Chief Minister
was R K Imo Singh.
    Imo Singh Congress MLA is the son-in-law of N Biren
Singh.
    Before leaving, Biren Singh said that he and the
present and former MLAs would meet the BJP central leadership
in the national capital to personally introduce and to invite
them to join the party.
The six ex Congress MLAs who left with the Manipur
chief minister had submitted their resignation from the
Assembly on August 10 and quit the party on August 11.
They are among the eight Congress legislators who had
defied a party whip last week and skipped the one-day session
of the assembly, in which the BJP-led N Biren Singh government
had comfortably won the confidence vote.
    The six are Okram Henry Singh, Oinam Lukhoi Singh, Md
Abdul Nasir, Ngamthang Haokip, Ginsuanhau and Paonam Brojen.
    Okram Henry Singh is the nephew of Congress
Legislature Party leader Okram Ibobi Singh.
    Congress, which had won a total of 28 seats to emerge
as the single largest party in the 60-member Manipur house
after the 2017 polls, saw members deserting it from time to
time.
Soon after the election, one of its legislator
Thounaojam Shyamkumar was disqualified under the
anti-defection law for joining BJP.
Further, three Congress MLAs - Kshetrimayum Biren
Singh, Yengkhom Surchandra Singh and Sanasam Bira Singh- were
disqualified from membership of Manipur Assembly by the
speaker.
The six who accompanied the chief minister are the
latest additions to the list. PTI COR KK
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