Bijoy Koijam is a politician from

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a States and territories of India, state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It ...

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. In 2002, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur, as the

Manipur State Congress Party Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) is a former political party in the Indian state of Manipur. The party was founded in 1997 by Wahengbam Nipamacha as a split from the Indian National Congress (INC). In 2014 the MCSP remerged with the INC. Hi ...

candidate in the constituency Thongju. In 2003, he was appointed Minister of Family Welfare in the state government. He was removed from his ministerial post in 2004. In 2007, he retained his Assembly seat, contesting on behalf of the

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. Koijam is the chairman of the Manipur Electronic Development Corporation. In August 2007, a suspected

People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak The People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) is an armed insurgent group in Manipur demanding a separate and independent homeland. PREPAK was formed under the leadership of R. K. Tulachandra in 1977. History PREPAK was formed, in a ...

militant was arrested in Koijam's residence. Koijam claimed that the man had worked as his driver. Koijam alleged that the arrest had been politically motivated. In March 2008, PREPAK militants attacked Koijam's residence, hurling bombs at it.

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Manipur MLAs 2002–2007 Indian National Congress politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Manipur MLAs 2007–2012 {{Manipur-INC-politician-stub