Thongam Biswajit Singh

Thongam Biswajit Singh is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is a member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly since 2012 from the Thongju constituency in Imphal East district. During the 2022 Legislative Assembly term, Singh was the Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Power, Agriculture, Science & Technology.

Political career 2012 Legislative Assembly Biswajit Singh was elected as Trinamool Congress candidate in 2012 but resigned in 2015. He joined BJP after resigning and contested the by election as BJP candidate and won the election. From then till 2017, he was the lone BJP MLA in the state legislature.

2017 Legislative Assembly Prior to the 2017 election, Biswajit Singh is said to have been instrumental in bringing N. Biren Singh into the BJP from Indian National Congress. The BJP won 21 seats and had a majority in conjunction with alliance partners.

2022 Legislative Assembly Around the time of the 2022 election, there was again speculation that Biswajit Singh might be appointed as the CM after the election. After the resignation of CM Biren Singh in February 2025, Bishwajit Singh was mentioned as one of the front-runners for his replacement. However, the state was put under President's Rule.