Manipur CM Biren holds talks with NDA allies, NPF reaffirms assist

GUWAHATI: Embattled Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh convened Monday a gathering with BJP MLAs and NDA allies to debate the prevailing state of affairs within the state amid NPP’s withdrawal of assist to the alliance.
In an illustration of allegiance, BJP’s different ally, Naga Folks’s Entrance (NPF), proclaimed its continued assist to the state govt forward of the assembly on the state secretariat in Imphal.
“We proceed to be a part of the coalition,” NPF functionary and minister Awangbow Newmai mentioned. NPF has 5 legislators within the 60-member Home. Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma’s NPP is the second largest social gathering with seven legislators. The BJP authorities has a cushty majority alongside NPF, one JDU legislator, and three Independents. Final 12 months, two MLAs of Kuki Folks’s Alliance withdrew their assist to Biren Singh authorities.
The CM, a former footballer, has been going through flak from varied quarters for his dealing with of the ethnic strife since 2023. On June 30 final 12 months, he publicly stepped out to submit his resignation to the governor, solely to be stopped by a crowd that had milled exterior his residence to purportedly forestall him from quitting. The six-hour drama culminated in a protester snatching and tearing what was presupposed to be his resignation letter. Biren Singh later declared, “At this significant juncture, I want to make clear I can’t be resigning from the submit of CM.”