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Guwahati, March 20 : First BJP Chief Minister of Manipur Nongthombam Biren Singh on Monday won the trust vote in the 60-member Manipur assembly with voice vote.
N Biren Singh won floor test with the support of 32 legislators excluding speaker vote.
BJP had formed the first state government in Manipur with support of four MLAs each of NPP and NPF, one MLA of LJP, Independent and two BJP joined legislators of Congress and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).
N Biren Singh was sworn in as the first BJP Chief Minister of Manipur on March 15.
Only two BJP MLAs including the Chief Minister were inducted in the BJP-led ministry, while four MLAs of NPP, one each of NPF, LJP and the Congress legislator who joined the saffron party were included in the ministry.
BJP won 21 seats in the assembly poll, while Congress capturing 28 seats, four each by NPP and NPF and one each by AITC, LJP and Independent.
On the other hand, Y. Khemchand of BJP has been chosen as the Speaker of the 11th Manipur legislative assembly with support of 33 MLAs.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
