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| BJP Names N Biren Singh As Chief i |
| BJP Names N Biren Singh As Chief Minister-Designate Of Manipur
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| INDIA
, 13-March-2017
22:19:33 PM |
| N Biren Singh, who left the Congress last year after a falling out with Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, is set to be his successor. The BJP on Monday named the 56-year-old as its chief ministerial candidate after the Governor said she was "satisfied" with the party's numbers. But the political uncertainty seemed far from over as Okram Ibobi Singh, who maintains the Congress too has - or will have soon - numbers to form a government following an inconclusive election verdict on Saturday, also staked claim after resigning from his post today.
Earlier in the day, Mr Ibobi Singh said he wouldn't resign before saying he would. He maintained that the Congress, which at 28 won four fewer seats than the majority mark, had bandied enough support to stake claim to form a government. "Our party is intact. Trinamool Congress members are also with us. There is sufficient time," he said.
But Governor Najma Heptulla said today that she was satisfied with the BJP's numbers after the party, which won 21 seats, said it also had the backing of 33 legislators, including one Congress MLA who defected yesterday.
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