Leishiyo Keishing or K Leishiyo is an

Naga people Nagas are various ethnic groups native to northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar. The groups have similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority of population in the Indian states of Nagaland and Manipur and Naga Self-Administere ...

politician from Manipur, India. He has been elected from

Phungyar Phungyar ( Meitei pronunciation: /phūng-yār/) is a small town located south of Kamjong in Kamjong district, Manipur state, India. It is also the name of a sub division of the district. The town is about 50 kilometers from Ukhrul and is partial ...

Assembly Constituency in 2017 and 2022 as

Naga People's Front The Naga People's Front (NPF) is a regional political party in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh . It headed the Nagaland government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland from 2003 to 2018. NP ...

Candidate in

Manipur Legislative Assembly The Manipur Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Manipur. See also *Vidhan Sabha * List of districts of Manipur *State governments of India State governments in India are the governments ruling ove ...

and had served as Chairman of its Hill Area Committee from 2020 till 2022.

Early life

Leishiyo Keishing born on 1st March 1974 is the eldest of the 4 sons of Mr.Samphang Keishing and Mrs.Martha Ningshen of Nambashi Horton village in Kamjong district,

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a 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 also borders two regions of ...

. He completed BE (Electrical) from

Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as MIT, Muzaffarpur) is a public, coeducational engineering college in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. It is administered by the Department of Science and Technology, Bihar and funded by Go ...

and did post graduate Diploma in Thermal Power Plant Engineering from

National Power Training Institute National Power Training Institute (NPTI), is a government training institution under Ministry of Power, Government of India with its Corporate Office at Faridabad. NPTI had been providing its dedicated service for more than five decades. His ...

and MBA in Human Resource Management. After completing his studies, he briefly worked as Mathematics teacher at Nambashi High School and Ukhrul Public School. He served as Manager (Electrical) for J&K "Rail Link Project" under Indian Railway Construction ( IRCON). From 2010, he worked with the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) as Engineer (Electrical) till 2016 when he voluntarily resigned from the job to contest the Manipur Assembly Elections.

Political career

In an exclusive interview with ''AJA'' a Tangkhul vernacular daily, Leishiyo Keishing stated that he entered politics with the main objective to serve the people at his prime age and not after superannuation as many people opt to do. In the 11th Manipur Assembly General Elections, he contested as

(NPF) candidate and won the race beating his nearest rival Somi Awungshi of BJP by a huge margin of 4778 votes. Leishiyo Keishing was initially inducted as a Parliamentary Secretary in the BJP led Coalition Government of Manipur until the position was scrubbed in 2018. The political tide within the BJP led coalition was on a bumpy path when the NPF "In Principle" decided to pull out of the coalition in the run up to the Lok Sabha Elections in May 2019. The decision was however, withdrawn after due consultations. In 2019, he toured the remotest border villages within his constituency and pointed out that no development works were undertaken in Phungyar Assembly Constituency for the past 20 years. He also lamented the disparity between the funds allocated for development between the valley constituencies and that of the hills. Phungyar Assembly Constituency, according to Leishiyo Keishing is larger than the whole area covered by the 40 constituencies in the valley. However, annual developmental fund allocated is a meagre 2 crore INR equivalent to the amount allocated to Singjamei AC the smallest Assembly Constituency in Manipur. Pathetic condition of the constituency in terms of road connectivity and electrification, according to Leishiyo Keishing hopefully will change with the implementation of various state and centrally sponsored programs.

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