Once a football player, a BSF jawan and journalist posted on the borders of Manipur, Nongthombam Biren Singh was on Sunday elected as the Chief Minister of Manipur for the second time after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju visited Imphal. Was. as central supervisors.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had contested the recently concluded Manipur elections under Biren’s leadership, but he was still fighting for the top post, as another aspirant, Biswajit Singh, had been in the BJP longer than the CM.
Biren, who holds a BA degree from Manipur University, started his career as a footballer and joined the Border Security Force (BSF), where he played for his team in domestic competitions. He also participated in the Durand Cup tournament.
Born in Imphal on January 1, 1961, the Chief Minister of Manipur later joined journalism in 1992 and started the local daily Nahrolgi Thoudang. He worked as the editor of the newspaper till 2001.
Biren entered politics in 2002 and joined the Democratic Revolutionary People’s Party. He contested the assembly elections and won from Hingang seat. He was appointed Minister of State for Vigilance of Manipur in 2003 and was given the additional portfolio of Minister of Forest and Environment.
He later joined the Indian National Congress and retained the seat in the 2007 assembly elections. Biren was then made Minister of Irrigation and Flood Control and Youth Affairs and Sports and Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAF&PD) of Manipur.
The Chief Minister of Manipur retained this constituency for the third time in a row in the 2012 assembly elections. In September 2016, he resigned from the Manipur Legislative Assembly following a rebellion against the then Chief Minister of the state, Okram Ibobi Singh.
Biren joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in October 2016. In 2017, he contested the assembly elections from Hingang seat and won, retaining the seat for the fourth time in a row. He took oath as the Chief Minister of Manipur on March 15, 2017, becoming the first BJP leader to become the CM in the state.
Ahead of the 2022 assembly elections in Manipur, the CM said that he himself wants the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act to be repealed. It is worth noting that Biren has defeated Indian National Congress (INC) rival – P Saratchandra Singh by over 18,000 votes from his home constituency – Hingang in Manipur’s East Imphal district.
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