BJP-led govt wins floor test in Manipur, Biren Singh gets support of 32 MLAs
Politics | Mar 20, 2017, 01:55 PM ISTThe BJP government in Manipur led by Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh won the floor test in the state Assembly on Monday.
The BJP government in Manipur led by Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh won the floor test in the state Assembly on Monday.
Of 690 MLAs elected in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa, 27.8 per cent (192) have a criminal record, while 20 per cent (140) face serious criminal charges, such as murder, kidnapping and extortion, the data show.
Biren Singh is all set to take oath as first BJP CM in Manipur today after Governor Najma Heptulla invited him to form government.
Four MLAs of the NPF have demanded ministerial berths in the council of Nongthombam Biren Singh, who is tipped to be the first BJP Chief Minister of Manipur.
Congress MP Ripun Bora today alleged that the BJP was ‘hijacking’ his party’s MLAs In Manipur in to order to cobble together a majority in the state Assembly.
Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, also known as the ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’, today alleged that the BJP used money and muscle power in the just-concluded Assembly elections in the state.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that in case of a hung Assembly, the governor is constitutionally right in inviting the leader of the majority coalition to form the new government.
Congress leaders on Monday cried foul after the party lost the numbers game to BJP in Goa and Manipur, saying the saffron party was stealing elections in states.
BJP is all set to form government in Manipur despite losing the race of single largest party to Congress, which cried foul and accused the Modi govt of subverting the law and democracy.
Both the BJP and the Congress are claiming that they would form the government in Manipur with the support of like-minded regional parties.
Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said that his party's lone legislator will support the BJP in Manipur, where the latter has won 21 seats.
Indiatvnews.com presents to you a list of prominent winners and losers of these elections from all five states:
The Congress has said that it would form the next government in Manipur with the help of like-minded secular and regional parties.
With a spectacular performance in the Manipur Assembly elections, the BJP has successfully made inroads into the third north eastern state within a year.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh of the Congress party won in Thoubal constituency, defeating rights activist Irom Sharmila, who got fewer than 100 votes.
The BJP today registered a stunning victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, trampling a fragmented opposition that had hoped the demonetisation exercise would have chipped away at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.
Counting of votes for all 40 constituencies in Goa and 100 seats in Manipur is underway.
Counting of votes for 60 seats in the Manipur Assembly election will be taken up at eight AM today for which 11 counting centres have been set up.
BJP gave a tough fight to Congress in Manipur and managed to finish second in Goa, where it was facing anti-incumbency.
Uttar Pradesh is likely to get a hung assembly with the BJP at the head of a splintered verdict while the AAP may finish on top of a three-way fight in Punjab, most exit polls said on Thursday.
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