Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) is a former political party in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n state of

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

. The party was founded in 1997 by Wahengbam Nipamacha as a split from the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(INC). In 2014 the MCSP remerged with the INC.

History

The party was formed after a group of ministers and legislators, led by former Speaker Nipamacha, broke away from the ruling

and floated the Party which subsequently formed the next government. "Cultivator Cutting Crop" is the election symbol of the party. Nipamacha then became the chief minister of a coalition government led by the party. In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, then-MSCP candidate Th. Chaoba Singh got elected and became Union Minister of State for Food Processing during Atal Behari Vajpayee's tenure. In February 2001, 22 members of the MSCP formed an alliance with

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to form a government led by

Radhabinod Koijam Radhabinod Koijam (born 19 July 1948) is a politician from Manipur. He briefly served as the 10th Chief Minister of Manipur in 2001. Political career In 1995, Koijam was elected to Manipur Legislative Assembly as Indian National Congress ca ...

Merged with INC

The Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) merged back with the

with its five party MLAs on 4 April 2014. The last party president was Y. Mani Singh. It was de-recognised by Election Commission of India in June 2015.

Elections

In 2002 Legislative Assembly elections in Manipur, Party had contested on 42 out of 60 seats and had won seven seats, and five of them joined the Congress. In 2007 Assembly elections, party had contested on 6 seats but failed to win any seats.

References

Indian National Congress breakaway groups Political parties in Manipur Political parties established in 1997 1997 establishments in Manipur Recognised state political parties in India {{india-party-stub

History

Merged with INC

Elections

See also

References