Bijoy Koijam

Bijoy Koijam is a politician from Manipur, India. In 2002, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur, as the Manipur State Congress Party candidate in the constituency Thongju.^[1][2] In 2003, he was appointed Minister of Family Welfare in the state government.^[3] He was removed from his ministerial post in 2004.^[4] In 2007, he retained his Assembly seat, contesting on behalf of the Indian National Congress.^[5]

Koijam is the chairman of the Manipur Electronic Development Corporation.^[6]

In August 2007, a suspected People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak militant was arrested from Koijam's residence. Koijam claimed that the man had worked as his driver^[7] and alleged that the arrest was politically motivated.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2008, PREPAK militants attacked Koijam's residence, hurling a bomb at it.^[8]