NDA claims stake to form government in Manipur

A day after former Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh held a meeting with Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IO NDA MLAs on Wednesday met the Governor, claiming that they have the support of 44 legislators in the 60-member Assembly to form a popular government in the state.

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The ten MLAs — 8 from the BJP and two from the National People’s Party (NPP) — have submitted a petition to the Governor with the signatures of 22 legislators seeking the formation of a new government.

After the meeting at the Raj Bhavan, BJP legislator Thokchom Radheshyam Singh claimed that 44 MLAs are ready to support the new government in Manipur.

"However, the central leadership of the BJP would take the decision about the formation of the new government," he told the media.

People are facing a great deal of hardship, he said.

"In the previous term of the first BJP government, we lost two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and in the current term, another more than two years have been lost due to the ethnic conflict." The 60-member Manipur Assembly, which, after the promulgation of President's Rule on February 13, has been put under suspended animation, has a tenure till 2027.

Biren Singh met the Governor on Tuesday and discussed the restoration of peace and normalcy and other vital issues of the state.