Earlier, BJP MLAs Thokchom Radheysham and Karam Shyam had quit as Chief Minister`s advisor and Chairman of the Manipur State Tourism Development Corporation on April 17 and April 13, respectively. Both had served as ministers in the first Biren Singh-led government (2017-2022).
When contacted, the chief minister’s office (CMO) maintained that it was just an experimental endorsement and that there was no official link with the arrested Borhani’s company, Cannabis Health and Sciences Pvt Ltd (CHS).
Bijoy lashed out at the National People s Party (NPP) by calling it a "parasite that had proved a menace" to the ruling alliance in the last five years.
Bijoy, who was also an aspiring candidate from the same constituency, alleged that there is a conspiracy between RSS and announcement of BJP ticket for Uripok assembly constituency.