Thongam Biswajit Singh is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is a member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly since 2012 from the Thongju constituency in Imphal East district.My NetaSitting and previous MLAs from Thongju Assembly Constituency During the 2022 Legislative Assembly term, Singh was the Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Power, Agriculture, Science & Technology.
Political career 2012 Legislative Assembly Biswajit Singh was elected as Trinamool Congress candidate in 2012 but resigned in 2015. He joined BJP after resigning and contested the by election as BJP candidate and won the election. From then till 2017, he was the lone BJP MLA in the state legislature.Sushanta Talukdar, Tightrope walk, Frontline, 15 March 2017.
2017 Legislative Assembly Prior to the 2017 election, Biswajit Singh is said to have been instrumental in bringing N. Biren Singh into the BJP from Indian National Congress.Rahul Karmakar, Ahead of Manipur polls, BJP may see churn, The Hindu, 26 December 2021. The BJP won 21 seats and had a majority in conjunction with alliance partners. Biswajit Singh was a strong contender for the chief minister (CM) post. But the BJP central leadership opted for Biren Singh as the chief minister.
Biswajit Singh was appointed as a cabinet minister in the first N. Biren Singh ministry, with a portfolio of a number of departments, including Public Works, Rural Development etc. By 2020, Biswajit Singh was counted as a dissenter. Biren Singh stripped all his portfolios as a cost-cutting measure. After a patch-up, they were restored but was said that the two were not on talking terms.Manipur political crisis | Nine MLAs, including three from BJP, pull out of Biren Singh government, The Hindu, 17 June 2020.Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, In Four BJP-Ruled States, There Is Open Rebellion Within the Party. Here's Why, The Wire, 23 October 2020.
2022 Legislative Assembly Around the time of the 2022 election, there was again speculation that Biswajit Singh might be appointed as the CM after the election. But Biren Singh was again chosen as the CM, and Biswajit Singh was given a cabinet post, in charge of Power, Forest, Environment and Climate Change.
In October 2024, more than a year into the Manipur violence, Bishwajit Singh was mentioned as one among 19 BJP legislators that called for the change of chief minister.Babie Shirin, Manipur BJP MLAs demand removal of Chief Minister Biren Singh, write to PM Modi, India Today, 18 October 2024.Navin Upadhyay, Manipur Crisis: Is the end game approaching for Biren Singh?, Power Corridors, 5 February 2025. After the resignation of CM Biren Singh in February 2025, Bishwajit Singh was mentioned as one of the front-runners for his replacement.Anupam Mishra, Who will be next Manipur Chief Minister? 5 frontrunners for Biren Singh's post India Today, 11 February 2025. However, the state was put under President's Rule.
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