BJP elects N Biren Singh to be new Manipur CM

March 13, 2017 18:18

JUST IN: N Biren Singh elected as Bharatiya Janata Party's legislature party leader in Manipur; will meet Governor Najma Heptullah soon to stake claim for forming government.

"BJP's legislature party leader will be N Biren Singh who has been unanimously elected. We will soon move to stake claim to form a government," Union Minister Piyush Goel said.

IMAGE: Biren Singh with Goel. Photograph: ANI

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