N Biren Singh takes oath as Manipur’s first BJP chief minister, NPP MLA Joykumar is deputy CM

The BJP-led coalition in Manipur includes allies NPP, NPF, LJP and others.

N Biren Singh, who took oath as the chief minister of Manipur (Express photo)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nongthombam Biren Singh on Wednesday took oath as the chief minister of Manipur at the Raj Bhawan in Imphal. At the ceremony attended by former chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, Biren Singh and eight ministers took oath. This is BJP’s first government in Manipur and is being propelled by post-poll allies such as NPP, NPF, LJP and Independents.

Y Joykumar Singh, who took oath as the deputy chief minister, is an NPP MLA from Uripok. He was the former DGP of Manipur and was considered Ibobi Singh’s right-hand man. The other ministers who were sworn-in are Th Biswajit of the BJP, L Jayantakumar of the NPP, Karan Shyam of LJP, L Haokip of NPP, N Koyisi of NPP, Losie Dikho of NPF and Th Shyamkumar who won on Congress ticket from Andro. Shyamkumar recently defected to the BJP.