GUWAHATI: Three Kuki-Zo legislators of conflict-scarred Manipur, two of them from BJP, have been replaced as chairpersons of separate assembly committees without assigning any reason. One of the new appointees is an MLA of the Naga People’s Front.
The assembly secretariat notified the appointments by speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh on Wednesday.
According to Rule 236A governing procedure and conduct of business in the assembly, if the chief of a house committee “for any reason is unable to act, the speaker may appoint another chairperson.”
Losii Dikho, MLA of the Naga-dominant Mao constituency, has been appointed chairperson of the committee on government assurance, replacing the Independent Kuki legislator from Saitu, Haokholet Kipgen.
BJP legislator Khongbantabam Ibomcha from Lamlai is the new chief of the library committee, replacing BJP’s Thanlon legislator Vungzagin Valte.
National People’s Party legislator from Kakching, Mayanglambam Rameshwar, replaces BJP’s Churachandpur MLA and former DGP LM Khaute as chairperson of the committee on public undertakings.
