Imphal, Mar 21: Nongthombam Biren Singh was on Monday sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Manipur for the second consecutive term, a day after he was named as the leader of the newly-elected BJP legislators in the state.
Immensely thankful to Hon’ HM Shri @AmitShah Ji for your kind words as I took oath as Chief Minister today. Guided by PM @narendramodi Ji’s mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas aur Sabka Prayas, I along with my team will give our best to serve the people of Manipur. https://t.co/u11spdNT8a
— N.Biren Singh (@NBirenSingh) March 21, 2022
Singh was administered the oath of office by Governor La Ganesan at a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal.
Besides the Chief Minister, five newly-elected MLAs of the BJP and its ally Naga People’s Front (NPF) were also sworn-in.
The five Ministers comprised Thongam Biswajit Singh,Yumnam Khemchand Singh,
Govindas Konthoujam, Nemcha Kipgen, all BJP and Awangbow Newmai of NPF.
Former Minister Nemcha Kipgen is the only woman minister in Biren Singh council of ministers which would likely be expanded later as six ministerial berths are vacant.
BJP President J.P. Nadda, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his Tripura counterpart Biplab Kumar Deb and a host of top dignitaries were present at the swearing-in-ceremony.
The BJP, in the February-March elections, results of which were declared on March 10, had secured a thin majority of 32 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly.
A former football player and journalist-turned-politician and a former Congress leader, Singh, 61, joined the BJP in October 2016, and in the recent February-March assembly elections, won from his traditional Heingang constituency for the record 5th time.
