Just months before the Manipur Assembly elections, former Manipur Congress chief Govindas Konthoujam joined the BJP.
Konthoujam was formally inducted into the BJP by Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh at the party's headquarters in Delhi on Sunday.
The BJP has said Konthoujam's induction would be a shot in the arm for the party ahead of polls.
Adressing the press, Manipur CM N Biren Singh said that ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come into power at the Centre, Manipur has been peaceful and doing well.
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On July 28, the Congress MLA of 26-Bishnupur Assembly Constituency resigned from the state Assembly citing “personal reasons”. Following this, he also resigned from the primary membership of Congress.