N Biren Singh sworn as Manipur CM

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Nongthombam Biren Singh of Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) was sworn in for the second term as the Chief Minister of Manipur on 21 March 2022. He was administered the oath of office by the Manipur Governor La Ganeshan .

• N. Biren Singh was the Chief Minister of Manipur from 2017-22 and  was reelected form his assembly constituency of  Heingang  at the recently held Manipur  legislative assembly election  2022.

• BJP won 32 seats in the 60 member Manipur Legislative Assembly election held  in two phases on 28 February and 5 March 2022.

• N.Biren Singh before joining politics was a footballer and a journalist . He played for the Border Security Force (BSF) football team.

• He is the 12th Person to be the Chief Minister of Manipur . The first Chief Minister was M.Koireng Singh.