Leishemba Sanajaoba | |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Term Start: | 19 June 2020 |
Predecessor: | Bhabananda Singh |
Constituency: | Manipur |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Residence: | Royal Palace Compound, Imphal, Imphal East District, Manipur |
Alma Mater: | B.A. (English Hons.), Maharaja Bodhchandra College |
Birth Date: | 1972 3, df=yes |
Relatives: | Bodhchandra Singh |
Father: | Maharaja Okendrajit Singh |
Source: | https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/Main.aspx |
Leishemba Sanajaoba is the current member of the former royal family of the princely state of Manipur in India, and a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party from Manipur. In 2020, he was elected as the member of Rajya Sabha from Manipur.[1] [2] [3] He is often addressed with the honorific "maharaja", which is not a statutory title.He continues to be the symbolic and spiritual head of ritualistic traditions of the erstwhile kingdom of Manipur.[1]