In Manipur, three sitting MLAs and two Ex-MLAs have been inducted as Ministers for the State in the BJP led coalition State government today.<br />'' <br />''Manipur Governor Dr. Najma Heptulla administered the oath of office and secrecy to three MLAs- S. Rajen, Th. Satyabrata, Vungzagin Valte and two Ex-MLAs- O. Henry and O. Lukhoi this late evening at the Raj Bhavan.<br />'' <br />''The three newly inducted MLAs are BJP members while the remaining Ex-MLAs were elected on the Congress ticket in the last election and resigned from the party as well as from the membership of the Assembly recently. O. Henry is the nephew of O. Ibobi, the former Chief Minister of Manipur and leader of Congress Legislative Party, Manipur.<br />''<b> </b><br />''AIR correspondent reports<b>, p</b>resently, 13 seats out of the 60 members of Manipur Assembly house are vacant and a by-poll for some seats is expected in a few months.<br />'' <br />''Therefore, the induction of new faces in the Chief Minister N. Biren Singh led State government could be seen as preparedness for electioneering. <br />'' <br />''Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh was in New Delhi on Monday accompanied by Manipur BJP chief Prof. S. Tikendra and met central BJP leaders including National President J.P. Nadda, National General Secretary B.L. Santosh and Ram Madhav.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Later, he returned to Imphal along with National Vice-President and Central Observer Bijayant Panda and initiated the induction of new ministers in his 12 member cabinet.</span><br />