Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, along with Deputy Chief Ministers Nemcha Kipgen and Losii Dikho, on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to discuss the progress of the peace process and rehabilitation in the violence-hit state.
BJP workers gathered at the party headquarters in Imphal to celebrate the appointment of Yumnam Khemchand Singh as the leader of the BJP legislative party and the next Chief Minister of Manipur.
With President's rule in Manipur due to end later this month unless extended by Parliament, former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said that NDA partners in the state have been called to Delhi for a meeting.
Along with Union Minister for State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, the meeting was also attended by Governor of Manipur; Chief Ministers of Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, and Sikkim; Deputy Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telanga
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to file a fresh report on certain leaked audio tapes which allegedly implicate former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh for instigating ethnic violence in the state.
Reacting to the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Monday said that the Opposition's continuous pressure has led to the change but accused the BJP of lacking a concrete plan to restore peace in the state.
Following the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad hit out at the BJP and said that the party would have to answer for the atrocities that have happened in Manipur.
The opposition leaders had been coming all guns blazing at the former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh after he resigned from the position of the head of state on Sunday following the rampant violence that has disrupted normalcy in Manipur for the past two years.
In the wake of resignation of Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh, Deputy Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi claimed that his resignation was aimed to save the BJP government in the state.
Congress leader Udit Raj slammed Bharatiya Janata Party following Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh resignation nearly two years after violence marred the state.
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stressed that Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh resigned amid mounting pressure from public, Supreme Court and Congress.