Imphal

Five of the six Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLAs in Manipur merged with the ruling BJP on Friday night.

Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh has accepted their merger with the BJP.

The five legislators who joined BJP are Khumukcham Joykisan Singh (Thangmeiband), Ngursanglur Sanate (Tipaimukh), Md. Achab Uddin (Jiribam), Thangjam Arunkumar (Wangkhei) and LM Khaute (Churachandpur). 

In the February-March assembly election, the JD-U had won six seats in the 60-member assembly and extended their support to the BJP government headed by Chief Minister N Biren Singh.

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The sixth MLA who did not join the BJP is Md. Nasir, who was elected to the assembly from the Lilong assembly constituency.