Two Manipur MLAs joined the BJP on Monday, with the party expressing confidence that it will win the upcoming assembly polls in the state with victory in two-third seats.
Manipur is to go to polls early next year along with Uttar Pradesh and four other states. The BJP came to power in the state for the first time in 2017.
Rajkumar Imo Singh, who comes from a notable political family in the state associated with the Congress, and Yamthong Haokip, a Congress MLA, joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and the party's in-charge for Manipur Sambit Patra.
Singh was also elected on a Congress ticket but was expelled from the party for his alleged anti-party activities.
He told reporters that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done a lot of work for the country's prosperity, peace and stability.
In 2017, Manipur was known for law and order problems, regular blockades and the divide between its hilly and valley regions but this is no longer so, he claimed. His father Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh was Manipur's chief minister and the first Union minister from the state.
Sonowal welcomed them into the party and asserted that the northeast regions have established their identity under the Modi government which has ensured that Union ministers and bureaucrats regularly visit the area to address issues facing it.