Last Update: 25 October 2022, 08:15 IST
Manipur State Congress vice-president Hareshwar Goswami along with advocate Ningombam Bupenda Meitei filed disqualification petitions against five MLAs. (File photo: AFP/Representational)
The five JD-U MLAs are Khumukkam Joykisan Singh (Thangmeiband), Ngursangalur Sanate (Tipaimukh), Mohammad Achab Uddin (Jiribam), Thangjam Arunkumar (Wangkhei) and LM Khoute (Churachandpur).
The Congress on Monday filed a disqualification petition in the Manipur Assembly Speaker’s Tribunal against five Janata Dal-United MLAs, who had joined the ruling BJP last month.
Manipur State Congress vice-president Hareshwar Goswami along with advocate Ningombam Bupenda Meitei filed disqualification petitions against five MLAs.
Manipur Assembly Secretary K. Meghajit Singh had earlier said that Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh has accepted the merger of five JD(U) MLAs with the BJP legislature party under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution.
The five JD(U) MLAs are Khumukkam Joykisan Singh (Thangmeiband), Ngursangalur Sanate (Tipaimukh), Mohammad Achab Uddin (Jiribam), Thangjam Arunkumar (Wangkhei) and LM Khoute (Churachandpur).
Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and BJP President JP Nadda earlier felicitated 5 JD(U) MLAs in Imphal and New Delhi respectively.
In the February-March assembly elections, the JD-U had fielded 38 candidates against the BJP and won six seats in the 60-member assembly. However, after the declaration of the results, the MLAs extended their support to the BJP government led by Biren Singh.
The sixth legislator is Muhammad Abdul Nasir, who was elected to the assembly from Lilong assembly constituency.
With the merger, the strength of the BJP in the House increased to 37.
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