N Loken Singh, president of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Wednesday tendered his resignation as party chief.
The development comes a day after AICC chief Sonia Gandhi decided to sack Congress president of five states that went to poll recently in a move to fix responsibility for their failure in the elections.
“Taking responsibility of the major defeat of the candidates of Indian National Congress in the last 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly Election, 2022, I do hereby submit my resignation Congress Committee from the presidentship of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) of the INC on moral ground with immediate effect,” said N Loken Singh.
Loken Singh had won from Nambol constituency, in Bishnupur district five times. He had served as a cabinet minister in Ibobi Singh led Congress regime and also held the vice president post of MPCC.
Loken took charge as MPCC president in October 2021. Before that, he was made the interim president of MPCC after Govindas Konthoujam left the party to join the BJP.
