IMPHAL: After several Congress leaders and MLAs recently joined the BJP in poll-bound Manipur, the ruling BJP received another boost on Thursday when a prominent Manipuri film star, RK Somendro Singh, popularly known as Kaiku, joined the saffron party along with 40 co-actors and associates from the film community. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh welcomed Singh, 40, and the co-actors to the BJP at a function held at the BJP office in Imphal.
BJP's national spokesman and in-charge for Manipur Sambit Patra and State BJP chief A Sharda Devi were present in the joining programme, among others.
Biren Singh later tweeted: "Hearty welcome to Shri RK Somendro Singh (Kaiku) ji & leading artistes of Manipur who have joined the BJP today at Thambal Shanglen. The joining programme was also attended by Smt A Sharda Devi ji, President BJP Manipur, Dr Sambit Swaraj ji, Prabhari BJP Manipur & party Karyakartas." (IANS)
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