Dibya Kamal Bordoloi
Imphal: Six times congress MLA of Manipur Govindas Konthoujam joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the national capital on Sunday.
Konthoujam joined the BJP in the presence of Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh. The BJP chief minister of Manipur said over tweeter “Giving a major boost to @bjp4manipur, former Manipur Congress President, Shri @KonthoujamG joined Bharatiya Janata Party today in presence of Shri @sambitswaraj , Prabhari BJP Manipur and Smt @AShardaDevi , President BJP Manipur.”
Konthoujam, who also served as the president of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee, exited the party on Wednesday and resigned as a member of the assembly and primary membership of the party. He exited the party citing personal reasons.
A prominent Congressman of the Northeast region, Konthoujam is a six-time elected MLA from the Bishnupur seat under the Inner Manipur Loksabha constituency.
Konthoujam resigned from the Congress party as well as from Manipur assembly on 28th July.
The Manipur assembly has 56 seats in which the BJP has 25 members and the Congress 16 after Kanthoujam’s resignation from the House.
