GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh’s defiance of repeated resignation calls over his handling of the ethnic conflict raging there since May 2023 ended Sunday when he put in his papers on eve of the assembly’s budget session, and a possible no-trust motion by Congress against the BJP-led government.Governor A K Bhalla accepted Biren’s resignation…
NEW DELHI: Accusing Biren Singh of instigating division in the state for two years, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Sunday said PM Narendra Modi allowed Singh to continue “despite the violence, loss of life and the destruction of the idea of India” in the state.Congress linked Biren’s resignation to the no-confidence motion that the party was…
GUWAHATI: N Biren Singh‘s attempts to project himself as the “saviour” of Manipur’s majority Meitei community throughout the 648 days of the ethnic conflict found an echo in his resignation letter as the chief minister on Sunday. He highlighted the state’s “territorial integrity” as one of the “most important” priorities, indirectly appealing to the Centre…
NEW DELHI: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday tendered his resignation from the state’s top job after threat of a no-confidence motion loomed against his government in the upcoming assembly session.This comes amid the ongoing violence and ethnic conflict in the state that has been raging for nearly two years which claimed more…
NEW DELHI/GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh expressed “regret” and apologised to people of the state Tuesday for nearly 20 months of intermittent ethnic bloodletting on his watch, saying it was time now to “forgive and forget” as the BJP-led govt builds on the “improvement in law and order and focuses on development”.“Many people have…
NEW DELHI: Realising that its intervention failed to douse the 18-month-old Kuki-Meitei ethnic conflagration that continues to singe Manipur, SC on Monday focused on remedial measures by asking the state to give details of properties burnt, damaged, looted or illegally occupied during the crisis.“We want every detail of such incidents. Also give details of action…
GUWAHATI: Seven women shaved their heads and cycled 19km to promote peace and unity in Manipur on Friday to mark a year of the ethnic conflict in the state, reports Prabin Kalita.The women clad in black rode from Sekmai, a village on outskirts of Imphal, to historic Kangla. They carried placards reading “We want peace”,…
Prabin Kalita led seven women cycling 19km in Manipur, promoting peace amid ethnic conflict. Kuki Inpi Manipur appealed to PM Modi for separate administration, while Mallikarjun Kharge condemned Modi’s approach for damaging Manipur’s social fabric. Source link
