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Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) is a former political party in the
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n state of
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 Myanm ...
. 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 but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
(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
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
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
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
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.


See also

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Manipur National Conference The Manipur National Conference was a political party in the Indian state of Manipur. MNC was formed in 2002, when a split occurred in the Manipur State Congress Party. Two competing factions struggled to be recognized as the authentic MSCP. In t ...


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