After 1 yr of prez rule, Manipur to get new CM - who is Yumnam Singh

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party person Yumnam Khemchand is acceptable to go the main curate of Manipur aft helium was elected arsenic the person of legislative enactment connected Tuesday.This comes aft a gathering of the BJP's legislative members gathering was held successful the enactment office successful Delhi.Last twelvemonth connected Feb 9, past Manipur main curate N Biren Singh tendered his resignation from the state's apical occupation amid the unit and taste struggle successful the authorities that has been raging for astir 3 years.Reportedly, a menace of a no-confidence question loomed against his authorities aft Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma's NPP withdrew enactment to the BJP-led govt successful Manipur saying CM N Biren Singh had "failed completely" successful arresting the state's descent into a spiral of ceaseless unit since the taste strife.In the Manipur assembly, BJP has 37 MLAs, supported by its allies Naga People’s Front (5)and JDU with 1 legislator. Opposition holds 16 seats, comprising National People’s Party (6), Congress (5), independents (3), and 2 from KPA, which withdrew its enactment from Biren’s govt successful Aug 2023.Who is Yumnam KhemchandKhemchand is simply a elder enactment person who served arsenic the talker of the assembly and furniture curate successful Biren Singh's cabinet. He has been elected successful Manipur Legislative Assembly predetermination successful 2017 and 2022 from Singjamei constituency.

He was the Speaker of Manipur assembly from 2017 to 2022.In 2022, helium was appointed arsenic furniture minister, holding the portfolios of municipal administration, lodging improvement (MAHUD) department, agrarian improvement and panchayati raj and the acquisition department.