Does there any crisis in electing the legislature wing leader of the BJP? A question asked from various sections of people across the state. Among the five states where the state Assembly Election has been completed, except for the state of Manipur, the BJP Parliamentary Board is still yet to announce the name of the BJP legislature wing leader.
Why? In the just-concluded election of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly, BJP got a thumping majority with 32 candidates being elected in the 60 member house. The election result was declared on March 10. On the following day the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly was dissolved by a cabinet meeting chaired by the then Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and later the incumbent CM N. Biren Singh along with his team called on the Governor and submitted the dissolution of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly. As per the directives of the Governor La. Ganesan, until the formation of the next government, N. Biren Singh remain as a care taker Chief Minister of the state.
Some of the media, both national media and the state media which have been closely monitoring these Elections expressed various views regarding the change of the BJP legislature Wing leader which is synonymous to the replacement of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh. There were reports that appeared in some of the electronic media as well as in the print and digital media which stated that elected BJP candidates have been divided into two with one group supporting for a new face as the chief minister and the later opting for the former Chief Minister to continue. There were reports of BJP candidates camping in support of their respective candidates, however, almost all elected BJP candidates which have taken oath as a member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly clarified that such reports of BJP MLA candidates camping for the race for CM are totally wrong, baseless and unfounded. However, almost all BJP MLAs who clarified in connection with the report said that they will follow as per the decision taken by the BJP Parliamentary Board. This showed that as of now, till the filing of this story, the BJP parliamentary board still is not announcing the name of the Chief Ministerial candidate.
Will N. Biren Singh continues as the Chief Minister or will someone replace him is a matter that has been discussed all over. Social media have been flooded with many users expressing their views on the need for a change of leadership. Many also expressed their desire to make N. Biren Singh as Chief Minister.
The skepticism of replacing the Chief Minister N. Biren Singh comes as the BJP Parliamentary Board still is not announcing the name of who will be the next legislature wing leader of BJP in the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly. What took the Parliamentary board taking a decision on who will be the next Chief Minister even after four days of the declaration of the election result, which BJP won absolute majority showed that it is likely to see unexpected happening. Had the former Chief Minister N. Biren Singh been considered an undisputed leader, there is no reason for the Parliamentary board to declare his name. As it does not happen, it is likely that the central BJP leadership may consider the replacement of the top seat who is loyal to the party and who has dedicated more to making the BJP win the absolute Majority.
For the BJP, replacing CM is not a problem. They have handled it in Karnataka and Uttarakhand as well as in some of the states. It will not be an issue for the BJP if they desire to change the leadership in the state.
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