After resignation as president of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), Congress MLA Govindas Konthoujam resigned from the Manipur Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, authorities said.

Secretary of Manipur Legislative Assembly in a bulletin issued by the assembly secretariat M Ramani Devi said, “Shri Konthoujam Govindas, elected from 26-Bishnupur Assembly Constituency has resigned his membership from the Manipur Legislative Assembly”.

“Consequent upon his resignation, 26-Bishnupur assembly constituency is now lying vacant with effect from Wednesday, the 28th July 2021,” the bulletin read.

Konthoujam is a six-term Congress MLA from the Bishnupur Assembly Constituency, as well as the Congress Legislature Party’s Chief Whip in the Assembly.

On July 20, he resigned as MPCC president.

With Kanthoujam’s departure, the party’s seat count has dropped from 28 in 2017 to 16.