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Guwahati, March 19 : First BJP Chief Minister of Manipur Nongthombam Biren Singh will face floor test in 60-member Manipur assembly on March 20.
Ahead of floor test, the saffron party has feared about poaching by the Congress and for it, the party has taken adequate measures to avoid any situation as Chief Minister N Biren Singh facing problems in trust vote.
Not taking of any risk before floor test, BJP has lodged its newly elected legislators at a Guwahati based hotel in past four days.
A top source said that, 17 BJP legislators have been lodged at Hotel Lilly in Guwahati along with a Trinamool Congress and an Independent lawmaker since March 16.
The saffron party has taken measures to lodge the legislators in the capital city of Assam to avoid getting poached ahead of trust vote in Manipur assembly.
But, the BJP denied it and hoping that, Chief Minister N Biren Singh would win the floor test.
Ahead of the trust vote in the state assembly on March 20, a top leader of Manipur BJP said that, there is nothing like fear of poaching by the Congress.
"The party legislators are here just to relax and some of them come here for their personal purpose. The newly elected legislators also meet some top party leaders after the election," the top Manipur BJP leader said.
Meanwhile, Assam Finance minister and convenor of North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is known one of the key person as brought BJP in power in the north eastern Indian state, had engaged few his fellow MLAs and party activists of Assam to treat the Manipur legislators.
N Biren Singh was sworn in as the first BJP Chief Minister of Manipur on March 16.
Only two BJP MLAs including CM 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 and had formed the state government with support of four each MLAs of NPP and NPF, one MLA of LJP and one each lawmaker of Congress and Trinamool Congress who joined the saffron party.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
