Senior Manipur Congress leader and MLA โ€“ N Loken Singh has been appointed as the interim president of the partyโ€™s state unit. 

Notification of Loken Singhโ€™s appointment as Manipur Congress interim chief was issued by the AICC on Saturday. 

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Loken Singh was appointed as the Manipur Congress interim president after resignation of Govindas Konthoujam from the post. 

โ€œHonโ€™ble Congress President has approved the proposal of appointment of Shri Loken Singh, Senior Vice President of MPCC, as Interim President of Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect, till a full-time President is appointed,โ€ AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal informed in a statemet. 

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Following the resignation of Govindas Konthoujam as Manipur Congress president, specualtions were doing the rounds that he along with 7-8 other MLAs are likely to join the ruling BJP. 

However, AICC leader and Manipur Congress in-charge Bhakta Charan Das has said that no Congress MLA has left the party in the State. 

โ€œAll problems in the Congress party are being amicably resolved. All of us are working out a strategy to win the 2022 Assembly election in the State,โ€ Das had said.