Five of the six Janata Dal (United) MLAs in Manipur have merged with the ruling BJP.
In a bulletin issued on Friday night, Manipur Assembly Secretary K. Meghajit Singh said Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh accepted the merger under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution of India.
The five JD(U) legislators who joined the BJP are Khumukcham Joykisan Singh, representing the Thangmeiband constituency, Ngursanglur Sanate (Tipaimukh), Mohammed Achab Uddin (Jiribam), Thangjam Arunkumar (Wangkhei) and L.M. Khaute (Churachandpur).