IT News
Imphal, Sept 21:
With rumours about some Congress MLAs who have recently resigned and joined the BJP unlikely to get BJP ticket for contesting the by-election which is knocking at the door, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and State BJP President S Tikendra along with 3 others today rushed to New Delhi to apprise the leadership about the necessity of ticket confirmation for the said ex-MLAs. A source however said that the visit may be related in connection with the NPP’s stand challenging the BJP. The Chief Minister and the state BJP President may explain about the need for Ministerial reshuffle by not taking into account the importance of NPP’s presence in the BJP led government as done earlier.
The visit of the Chief Minister and the state President shows sign of urgency and extreme importance on the BJP party organizations. A special charter flight was hired for the purpose and the team left in the Charter Flight at exactly 11.5 am. The two leaders has been accompanied by PRO to CM Sanajaoba and PSO Sashikumar. For reason not known MLA RK Imo who had been expelled from the Congress Party also joined the team to the visit at New Delhi.
Source said that the attitude of the NPP which is a coalition partner of the government angered both the Chief Minister as well as the BJP state President. The announcement to contest the by-election without consulting them provoke them some immediate action to make sure that no hindrance stand against BJP in the by-election as the result is an important factor of stabilizing the BJP led government in the state.
Some source said that the state BJP leaders may pursue the central leadership to replace at least two ministers of the NPP by BJP MLAs.
