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Will move no-confidence motion against BJP-led Manipur govt: Congress

The total strength against the chief minister is now 29 -- 20 from Congress, 4 from NPP, 3 from BJP (who quit on Wednesday), one from TMC and an Independent.

N Biren Singh
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Assembly sources said the Speaker's Tribunal is likely to hear the matter of the seven Congress defectors during the day.

Press Trust of India Imphal
In fast-paced political development in Manipur following the resignation of nine members of the BJP-led coalition, including four ministers, Congress legislative party leader O Ibobi Singh said his party is trying to form a government and will soon move a no-confidence motion against the N Biren Singh dispensation.

Addressing a press conference late Wednesday, Ibobi Singh said three BJP MLAs who resigned from the assembly and the party have joined the Congress.

He said he contacted the four National People's Party ministers, who resigned from the BJP-led coalition government, to discuss latest political developments in the state.

The four ministers

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