Manipur JDU Chief Sacked After He Pulls Out Support From Biren Singh-Led BJP Govt in State

JD-U earlier had 6 MLAs in the Assembly but after winning the polls in February-March 2022, five MLAs joined the ruling BJP.

Janata Dal (United) led by Bihar Chief Minster Nitish Kumar today sacked its Manipur chief Ksh Biren Singh within hours of Singh sending a letter to Manipur Governor Ajay Bhalla stating that the JD-U has withdrawn support to the Biren Singh-led BJP government in the state.

The JD-U has only one MLA, Md Abdul Nasir, in the 60-member Manipur Assembly. JD-U earlier had 6 MLAs in the Assembly but after winning the polls in February-March 2022, five MLAs joined the ruling BJP.

Earlier today, in the letter to the Governor, Singh wrote with reference to the five MLAs who defected to BJP, “Trial under Tenth Schedule of Constituion of India of the five MLAs is pending before the Speaker’s Tribunal. After Janata Dal (U) became a part of INDIA bloc, support to the BJP led government was withdrawn by Janata Dal (Unit ed) by informing the office of Hon’ble Governor, Leader of the House (Chief Minister) and Speaker. As such, seating arrangement of the lone MLA of Janata Dal (United) in Manipur, Md. Abdul Nasir is made in the Opposition Bench in the last of Assembly by the Speaker.
It is, hereby, further reiterated that Janata Dal (United), Manipur Unit does not support the BJP led state government in Manipur, and our lone MLA, Md. Abdul Nasir, shall be treated as an opposition MLA in the House”.

Within hours, JD(U) national spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad told news agency ANI, “This is misleading and baseless. The party has taken cognisance of this and the president of Manipur unit of the party has been relieved of his position. We have supported NDA and our support to the NDA government in Manipur will continue even in future. Manipur unit did not have any communication with the central leadership, they were not taken into confidence. He (Manipur JDU chief) had written the letter on his own. Considering this an act of indiscipline, action has been taken against him and relieved of his position…We are with the NDA and the state unit will continue to serve people of Manipur towards development of the state.”

The Manipur BJP has 37 BJP MLAs along with 5 MLAs of Naga People’s Front and 3 are Independent MLAs.

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