Senior Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) chief and former state cupboard minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh has been chosen by his occasion for appointment because the new Chief Minister of Manipur, which has been below President’s rule for almost a yr now.
The submit has been vacant ever since N Biren Singh resigned on February 9, 2025 amid a chronic interval of ethnic violence within the state. Simply days later, presidential rule was imposed in Manipur.
Khemchand Singh’s title as the subsequent CM of Manipur was introduced on Tuesday after he was elected because the legislature occasion chief of the Manipur BJP, following a assembly held in New Delhi.
His title is now presupposed to get the endorsement of all legislators belonging to different partes of the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) so he might be elected the legislature occasion chief of the coalition within the Manipur Meeting.
A separate assembly is ready to happen for that function. The BJP’s current power within the 60-member Manipur Meeting stands at 37. Initially, 32 candidates of the ‘saffron occasion’ had been elected within the 2022 Meeting polls. In the meantime, the JD(U) had gained six seats.
Nevertheless, out of these half-dozen, 5 later defected to the BJP. Furthermore, one seat within the state legislature fell vacant following the loss of life of a serving MLA.
Khemchand Singh’s title for the CM submit was introduced 10 days forward of the scheduled expiry of the continuing presidential rule.
WHO IS YUMNAM KHEMCHAND SINGH?
Khemchand Singh, who belongs to the Meitei neighborhood, is a two-time MLA. He was elected from the Singjamei Meeting seat for 2 back-to-back phrases, in 2017 after which in 2022.
He rose to prominence in March 2017, when he was elected because the Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Meeting. He held the submit for a full five-year time period.
Following the 2022 Meeting elections, Singh was inducted into the second Biren Singh cupboard as a minister. The chief was entrusted with a number of portfolios, together with Rural growth and panchayati raj, municipal administration, housing growth, and schooling.
Singh continued to function a minister till the imposition of President’s rule.
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With inputs from PTI
