New Delhi, September 3The BJP has given a big jolt to the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) in the northeast as five of the seven MLAs from Manipur have joined hands with the BJP.Earlier, bulk of the JDU MLAs had joined the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh giving a nightmare to Nitish Kumar’s party.Five JDU MLAs merged with the ruling party BJP on Friday, according to a statement from the Manipur Legislative Assembly Secretariat.As per the statement issued by the Legislative Assembly Secretariat, “The Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly is pleased to accept the merger of five JD(U) MLAs with the BJP under the tenth schedule of the Constitution.”These MLAs are Joykishan Singh, Ngursanglur Sanate, Md Achab Uddin, Thangjam Arunkumar and LM Khaute. The BJP secured a majority of 32 seats in the 60-member state Assembly in the recently held Assembly elections, results of which were declared on March 10.On August 25, the lone JDU MLA from Arunachal Pradesh joined the BJP in the presence of national president JP Nadda and Arunachal CM Pema Khandu.The latest political developments come weeks after Nitish Kumar dumped the BJP and joined hands with Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress and other parties to govern Bihar.
