Manipur Congress MLA joins JD (U) ahead of polls

Our Correspondent

Imphal, Jan. 27 (EMN): With a month to go for the Manipur assembly elections, Manipur Congress MLA, Khumukcham Joykishan Singh joined the Janata Dal (United) in Imphal on Thursday.

MLA Joykishan accompanied by his supporters made the announcement in this regard during a press conference at his Khoyathong residence in Imphal last night prior to his formal joining to the party. JD (U) Lok Sabha MP Ramprit Mandal was also present.

Joykishan was a sitting congress MLA from Thangmeiband assembly constituency in Manipur’s Imphal West district, where the state’s capital and main commercial hub is located.

On January 18, Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) suspended senior MLA Joykishan from the party "on the recommendation of the Disciplinary Action Committee, MPCC.”

Fifty-six-year-old Joykishan was elected for the first time from Thangmeiband assembly constituency on an All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) ticket in the 2012 elections.

The elections to the 60 assembly constituencies of Manipur will be held on February 27 and March 3.