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Guwahati, March 14 : The first saffron government of Manipur is likely to be sworn in on Wednesday under the leadership of Nongthombam Biren Singh, who was on Monday unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP's Legislature Party.
A top source of BJP said that, Manipur governor Najma Hetullah has already asked BJP to form the next government in the state, after the party submitted the list of 32 MLAs with support of 9 MLAs of Naga People's Front (NPF), National People's Party (NPP) and LJP.
Apart from the nine MLAs, two MLAs of Congress and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) had joined BJP.
The source said that, N Biren Singh, MLA of Heingang constituency will sworn in as the first BJP Chief Minister in Manipur.
The sworn in ceremonial function will be held at Rajbhawan, Imphal in presence of BJP's National president Amit Shah, Chief Minister's of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, National general secretary Ram Madhav, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and Assam Finance minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Only two ministers, N Biren Singh and party colleague TH Biswajit, who also proposed for the Chief Ministerial candidate, are likely to take oath of office on Wednesday.
The top BJP source said that, other ministers will be sworn in later.
Meanwhile, N Biren Singh, a former national footballer and elected to the Manipur assembly for consecutive fourth time, said that as a Chief Minister his first priority will be get the ongoing economic blockade lifted, which was imposed by the United Naga Council (UNC) since November 1 last.
"People of Manipur want a good governance. We will try to reach each and every corner of the state to provide good governance and all rounds of development.
N Biren Singh hoped that, the new government will bring peace in Manipur and improve the law and order situation.
"We will try to fulfill the people aspects," N Biren Singh said.
The former minister of Okram Ibobi Singh-led Congress government and a national level footballer turned journalist turned politician in the north eastern Indian state, N Biren Singh was first elected to the Manipur assembly in 2002 from Heingang constituency as the Democratic Revolutionary
Peoples Party (DRPP) candidate.
Later he joined Congress and in May 2003 was appointed Minister of State of Vigilance in the Ibobi Singh-led government.
In 2007 assembly poll, N Biren Singh again retained his assembly seat and appointed as the Minister of Irrigation & Flood Control and Youth Affairs & Sports in the Ibobi Singh-led second term state government.
In 2012, N Biren Singh elected to the Manipur assembly for consecutive third term.
Earlier, Okram Ibobi Singh had submitted his resignation letter last night after failing to show the majority number of MLAs before the Manipur governor.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
