IMPHAL, September 25: BJP Manipur in-charge and MP Prahlad Singh Patel today announced the party`™s approval of former State Chief Ministers RK Dorendro and RB Koijam along with former minister Okram Joy and retd Manipur DGP Yumnam Joykumar joining the party.
The MP also announced that the party has revoked suspension against all the nine BJP State leaders.
Speaking at a welcoming cum felicitation function of Okram Joy and Yumnam Joykumar at Kakwa Naorem Lairembi community hall , Prahlad said today is an important day as it is the birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay and on such a day the party is officially welcoming two high profile personalities Y Joykumar and seasoned politician O Joy into the party fold.
He said with the launch of the national enrolment drive of the party starting last year, everyone is allowed to join the party.
He said only the NDA government has shown real concern for the poor people of the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched several schemes for the benefit of the people and sanctioned several development packages for Manipur including Rs 500 crore for cleaning of Loktak Lake, the largest fresh water lake in North East India, he said.
However, the corrupt State government seems to have pocketed the amount, he alleged.
There is a need to free the country of corruption, he said.
Prahlad also said that the Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (or MUDRA Bank) will be launched in Manipur today.
The launch will be held at the Hotel Imphal, he added.
This will help the poor set up small scale businesses, he said.
Speaking on the occasion, O Joy said through his long political career of 40 years, he had remained stuck with only one political party which was the MPP.
He said but now it is time to bring a change in Manipur and the only alternative to the Congress is the BJP.
The decision to join BJP was taken following advice from several workers and friends, he said.
He continued he appreciates Narendra Modi`™s ideology and the fact that Modi bowed and touch the steps of the Parliament by his forehead before entering it.
Joy said he considers the Parliament or the State Assemblies as the holy temples of democracy and the Prime Minister seems to consider himself as a servant of the people and not just the Prime Minister.
He also said that BJP`™s belief that India cannot be considered a developed country until the NE region is developed is also similiar with the MPP`™s ideology of regionalism. He said from today he has joined the BJP.