IMPHAL, Feb 6: In a significant leadership reshuffle, Conrad K. Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya and National President of the National People’s Party (NPP), has appointed former Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar as the interim president of NPP’s Manipur state unit. This decision follows the untimely demise of N Kayisii, the previous president of the party in Manipur.
Additionally, Sheikh Noorul Hassan, the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kshetrigao Assembly Constituency in Manipur, has been named as the working president of NPP in the state.
The announcement was made in an official statement issued by the NPP office in Shillong, Meghalaya. According to the statement, the NPP holds six seats in the 60-member Manipur Legislative Assembly, excluding the vacant seat of the late MLA N Kayisii from the Tadubi constituency. In the upcoming assembly session, the NPP will sit on the Opposition benches alongside five Congress MLAs.
NPP MLA Kh Loken from Wangoi confirmed that all the party’s MLAs would sit on the Opposition bench as decided by the party’s national leaders during the seventh session of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly, scheduled for February 10. This move follows the NPP’s decision on November 17, 2024, to withdraw support from the BJP-led government in Manipur.
