Six Manipur Congress MLAs give up Assembly membership, resign from Party

Six Congress MLAs in Manipur have submitted ir resignation from Legislative Assembly and also quit party on Tuesday. six legislators who h handed over resignation letters to Speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh previous night, formally informed Congress office here about leaving party.

"Six Cong MLAs of Manipur have submitted ir resignation letters to Congress office,"  Hareshwar Goshwami, General Secretary, Manipur Presh Congress Committee, told PTI.

six are among eight Congress legislators who h defied a party whip on Monday and skipped one-day session of assembly, in which BJP-led N Biren Singh government h comfortably won confidence vote.

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Those giving up ir assembly membership as well as saying goodbye to party included Okram Henry Singh, nephew of Congress Legislature Party leer, Okram Ibobi Singh. Or legislators are- Oinam Lukhoi, Md Abdul Nasir, Paonam Brojen, Ngamthang Haokip, and Ginsuanhau. Secretary of Manipur Assembly M Ramani Devi told PTI that speaker has accepted resignation of five of m and ir assembly seats have been declared as vacant. disqualification case of sixth MLA P Brojen is alrey pending with Speaker's Tribunal, which would be taken up on August 14, she said.

About reasons for resigning, Henry Singh said y all have cited lack of trust in leership of Ibobi Singh because of whom Congress failed to form government even when it was single largest party in state after polls in 2017. rest two of eight, who h stayed away from day-long special session of house previous day are- Md Fazur Rahman and Yamthong Haokip.

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speaker said in house Monday that two h informed that y were in-home quarantine. Sources said that Fazur Rahman, who represents Wabagai assembly seat, has tested positive for virus and has been mitted to a hospital here Tuesday. On receiving resignation letters, y were summoned by speaker after assembly session on Monday night to get it verified, Henry Singh said.

Though government''s victory in vote of confidence was a foregone conclusion, absence of eight Congress MLAs from crucial session showed smart political move by chief minister.

60-member house has an effective strength of 53, including speaker, who h casting vote he could have used in event of a tie. Four members h been disqualified earlier and three of BJP resigned sometime back. ruling coalition h 29 MLAs, including speaker, while Congress h 24, of whom eight abstained.

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With this victory, Biren Singh, jolted by a string of desertions in party mid-June, appeared to have consolidated his grip on ruling coalition which has 18 BJP MLAs, four each of NPP and NPF, one each of TMC, Lok Janshakti Party and an Independent. After a failed attempt to unseat Biren Singh from power in wake of resignation of nine ruling coalition legislators on June 17, grand old party h aimed at putting BJP-led ruling coalition on mat during trust vote, but it too could t come true for m.

Congress which h won a total of 28 seats to emerge as single largest party in 60-member Manipur house after 2017 polls saw members leaving it from time to time. Soon after election, one of its legislator Thounaojam Shyamkumar was disqualified under anti-defection law for joining BJP. Furr, three Congress MLAs - Kshetrimayum Biren Singh, Yengkhom Surchandra Singh, and Sanasam Bira Singh- were disqualified from membership of Manipur Legislative Assembly by speaker. And w six have resigned from assembly and also given up membership of party.

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