Biren Singh gets 2nd term as Manipur CM; Dhami, Sawant favourites in Uttarakhand, Goa
N Biren Singh will be the Manipur chief minister for a second straight term after he was unanimously elected the leader of the BJP legislature party on Sunday, while the newly elected party MLAs will choose their leaders on Monday in Uttarakhand and Goa where incumbents Pushkar Singh Dhami and Pramod Sawant are the clear favourites but face some opposition.
Ten days after the BJP retained power and several rounds of consultations later, the veil of suspense lifted in Manipur when Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the election of Biren Singh as the leader of the legislature party.
Senior MLA ThBiswajit Singh, who was also a contender for the post, could not make the cut as the scales tilted heavily in favour of Biren Singh, who powered the saffron party to an emphatic win with 32 seats in the 60-member assembly and support of six MLAs of the JD(U) and five of the Naga People’s Front.
The newly-elected BJP MLAs of Uttarakhand will meet in Dehradun on Monday to choose their leader who will be the next chief minister of the hill state where the party has stormed back to power for an unprecedented second successive term.
This story is from the March 21, 2022 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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