Guwahati: The newly elected members of the Manipur Legislative Assembly have been sworn at the Assembly Hall in the state on Monday.
The Protem Speaker Sorokhaibam Rajen Singh administered the oath of office to the newly elected MLAs.
Earlier on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s elected candidate Sorokhaibam Rajen Singh was sworn in as Member-elect of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly.
Governor La Ganesan administered the oath of office and secrecy to S Rajen Singh who was re-elected from Lamsang assembly constituency on a BJP ticket at the Raj Bhavan.
It needs to be mentioned that Singh won the recent Assembly elections by a margin of 400 votes.
The BJP emerged with an absolute majority by bagging 32 seats while the Congress and the Naga People’s Front (NPF) secured 5 seats each. The National People’s Party (NPP) became the second largest party with 7 seats. The Janata Dal (U) secured 6 seats and Kuki People’s Alliance 2 while 3 independents also won the polls.
The oath taking ceremony was scheduled after the state Governor La Ganesan dissolved the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly on March 11.