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JDU sacks Manipur Chief for indiscipline. Photo courtesy: Official X handle

JDU sacks Manipur Chief after he declares to withdraw support from BJP government in state

| @indiablooms | Jan 22, 2025, at 11:16 pm

Imphal/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) sacked its Manipur chief Ksh Biren Singh on Wednesday after the latter sent a letter to the Governor stating the JD(U) has withdrawn support to the BJP-led state government.

The JD(U) has only one MLA, Md Abdul Nasir, in the Manipur assembly.

Of the six JD(U) candidates who won the assembly election in February-March 2022, five joined the ruling BJP later.

Singh in a statement earlier in the day said its MLA would be considered an Opposition member in the state.

In the announcement sacking him, the JD(U) said Singh decided to withdraw support from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Manipur without consulting the party's central leaders.

The JD(U) also said its MLA will not sit on the Opposition bench in the assembly.

In the statement, Singh said the trial under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution of the five MLAs who defected to the BJP in Manipur is pending before the Speaker's Tribunal.

The Manipur BJP has 37 MLAs in the 60-member assembly, along with the support of five MLAs of the Naga People's Front, and three independents.

The JD(U), which won 12 seats in the general election this year, is among the key allies whose support helped the BJP reach the majority mark after its seat tally dropped this time.

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