Joined BJP as our win in Manipur was mandate to NDA: Ex-JD(U) legislators

We joined BJP as our win in the Manipur Assembly elections was a mandate to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the five former JD(U) legislators who joined BJP on Friday said. "We fought elections for the NDA government...We joined BJP as we had no option as [JD(U)] withdrew from the NDA," said Joykisan Singh, one of the legislators.