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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh for assuming the charge for a second straight term.
“Congratulations to Shri @NBirenSingh Ji on being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Manipur. I am confident his team and he would take Manipur to newer heights of progress and continue the good work done in the last five years,” Modi tweeted.
Congratulations to Shri @NBirenSingh Ji on being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Manipur. I am confident his team and he would take Manipur to newer heights of progress and continue the good work done in the last five years.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 21, 2022
Earlier, BJP legislature party leader N Biren Singh sworn in as the chief minister of Manipur for the second time at the Raj Bhavan . Singh, along with five cabinet ministers, were administered the oath by Governor La Ganesan.
Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman , Kiren Rijiju had on Sunday handed over a letter to Ganesan, stating that Singh was elected unanimously as the leader of the BJP legislature party with 32 MLAs.
Manipur | Five MLAs, including Nemcha Kipgen, Y. Khemchand Singh, Th. Biswajit Singh, Awangbou Newmai, & Govindas Konthoujam swear in as the Cabinet Ministers of the state, in Imphal pic.twitter.com/iuXFi6QW9M
— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2022
The governor then invited Singh to form the next government in Manipur.
The five cabinet ministers who took oath along with Singh were Thongam Bishwajit Singh, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, Govindas Konthoujam, Nemcha Kipgen — all from the BJP — and Awngbow Newmai from the Naga People’s Front (NPF).
