By Bhupen Goswami

Guwahati : Now the political situation in Manipur has cast a big spell. Five Congress MLAs who recently resigned from the Manipur Legislative Assembly joined the BJP in New Delhi today in the presence of Chief Minister N Biren Singh. These include Henry Okram, senior Congress leader and nephew of former Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh. All also met party president JP Nadda.BJP general secretary Ram Madhav has said that in the recent past, the Congress was accusing the saffron party of making unnecessary allegations about the political developments in Rajasthan. Actually, all the same work was done in Manipur by BJP led N. Biren Singh was doing it to topple the government. On this occasion, Ram Madhav, BJP’s chief strategist for Northeast Affairs, accused the Congress of conspiring to topple the Biren Singh government and claimed that his government was stable now.Madhav made these allegations in a press conference held at the party headquarters, where five former Manipur Congress MLAs joined the BJP in the presence of him and other senior leaders.

 Former BJP MLAs include Okram Henry, senior Congress leader and nephew of former Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, Panonem Broken, Oinam Lukhoi Singh, Namthang Haokip and Ginsuanhav Jou.These five MLAs were among the eight Congress MLAs who, in the Manipur Assembly, violated the party whip in the past, being absent during the trust vote, indirectly BJP-led N. The road to victory of Biren Singh government was easy. Later, they all resigned from the membership of Congress and Vidhan Sabha. Chief Minister N. In the presence of Biren Singh, National Vice-President Vaijayant Jai Panda gave primary membership of BJP to all the five former MLAs. Welcoming everyone in the BJP, party general secretary Ram Madhav said, ‘The Biren Singh government of Manipur is no longer a threat. She will not only complete her term, but will also return to power. The state government has the support of 34 MLAs out of a total of 47. 13 seats of the 60-member assembly are still vacant. He said, ‘Congress was doing the same thing in Manipur, which it was blaming on our party in Rajasthan.On the other hand, Gaurav Gogoi, Manipur in-charge of the Congress, said in Guwahati today that the Bharatiya Janata Party is misusing money and power.

He accused the BJP of destroying the democracy system and bought the MLA of the Congress. Very dangerous for Indian democracy. He said that the public’s trust in the BJP government started to break down, that is why the BJP party is going to attack the democracy by giving money to the Congress MLA.Chief Minister Biren Singh met BJP President JP Nadda on Tuesday along with six Congress MLAs who were away from the one-day session of the Assembly in violation of the party whip. These MLAs have resigned from the Congress as well as the membership of the Legislative Assembly. On June 17, a political crisis arose in front of the BJP-led coalition government in Manipur, When six MLAs withdrew support, while three BJP MLAs left the party and joined Congress. On August 10, the BJP-led government won the trust vote in the state assembly by 28 votes against 16. Eight Congress MLAs did not participate in the proceedings of the House in violation of the party whip.