Manipur Assembly can be revived in future: BJP

 

 

 

REAFFIRMING its commitment to maintaining Manipur’s territorial integrity, the BJP on Friday said the State Assembly, which was put in a suspended animation following the imposition of President’s rule, could be revived on any future date depending on the ground situation. Sambit Patra, the BJP’s north-east region in-charge, told PTI that his party was committed to continuing efforts to maintain peace and normalcy in the state, which has been hit by months-long violence between Meiteis and Kukis and remains polarised along ethnic lines. He noted that the Assembly had not been dissolved but kept in a suspended animation, meaning that the formation of a new State Government remained a ossibility.

 

The BJP continues to enjoy a comfortable majority in the Assembly but the sharpening of ethnic differences meant the party’s search for a consensus candidate to replace N Biren Singh, who resigned as chief minister a few days ago, remained futile. “The Assembly is not dissolved and can be revived on any future date, as deemed fit by the president of India, depending on the circumstances and the situation on the ground in Manipur,” Patra said. “I repeat, as far as the territorial integrity of Manipur is concerned, there will be no compromise with it,” the Puri MP added. Constitutional crisis in Manipur forced imposition of President’s rule: Congress: THE Congress on Friday said the imposition of President’s rule in Manipur is a direct admission of the failure of the BJP Governments at the Centre and the State, and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologise to the people there. In a post on X, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said there is a Constitutional crisis in Manipur that forced the imposition of President’s rule.

 

“Narendra Modi ji, It is your party which has been ruling at the Centre for 11 years. It is your party which was ruling Manipur for 8 years. It is the BJP which was responsible for maintaining Law & Order in the state. “It is your Government which is responsible for National Security and border patrol. The imposition of President’s rule by YOU, suspending YOUR own party’s government is a direct admission on how YOU failed the people of Manipur,” Kharge said. He said the Government has imposed President’s rule not because it wanted to, but because there is a Constitutional crisis in the state, as none of the NDA MLAs are willing to accept the “baggage of your incompetence”. “Your “Double Engine” ran over the lives of the innocent people of Manipur! High time you now step in Manipur and listen to the pain and trauma of the suffering people and apologise to them. Do you have the courage of conviction?” Kharge asked. 

 

 

 FIVE militants belonging to proscribed outfits have been arrested from Manipur’s Imphal West, Imphal East and Thoubal districts, police said on Friday. Two active cadres of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Noyon) were apprehended from Thangmeiband and Keishampat in Imphal West on Thursday, they said. Police also arrested another member of the KCP (Noyon) from Khurai Thoudam Leikai in Imphal East. In another operation, two cadres of KCP (PWG) were arrested from Sangaiyumphal in Thoubal district, he said.