Who will be the Manipur’s next CM ? Crucial Meeting In Delhi to decide
The BJP’s northeast in-charge Sambit Patra held a series of meetings with the Ministers, MLAs and leaders of BJP and other saffron party allies to take their views on Monday,.............
IMPHAL- A day after the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, crucial meeting were going on to choose an alternate leader of the ruling BJP legislature party who would lead the new government.
The BJP’s northeast in-charge Sambit Patra held a series of meetings with the Ministers, MLAs and leaders of BJP and other saffron party allies to take their views on Monday, before selection of the new legislature party leader.
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According to a top BJP leader, state Assembly Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh and Municipal Administrations, Housing and Urban Development (MAHUD) Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh are the frontrunners for the chief minister’s post.
“The party is trying to choose a leader who will be acceptable both among tribals – Kuki-Zo-Hmar and Naga and majority non-tribal Meitei communities,” media report said.
Both Satyabrata Singh and Khemchand Singh belong to the Meitei community in Manipur.
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley while Nagas and Kuki-Zo-Hmar constitute little over 40 per cent and reside in the hill districts.
Around two years after the ethnic violence between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zo-Hmar broke out in Manipur and devastated the state, Chief Minister Biren Singh on Sunday submitted his resignation letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla a day before the crucial Assembly session, which however was cancelled by the Governor on Sunday night.
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A Raj Bhavan official had said that the Governor accepted the resignation letter and requested Biren Singh to continue as the caretaker Chief Minister until alternative arrangements are made.
Biren Singh accompanied by Sambit Patra, also Lok Sabha member from Puri in Odisha, returned to Imphal from Delhi on Sunday afternoon before meeting the Governor to submit the resignation letter.
In the national Capital, Biren Singh held a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party President, J.P. Nadda.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned on February 9, 2025, amid mounting political pressure and following an escalation of ethnic violence in the state. His resignation comes after two years of governance marked by significant turmoil. The BJP is now tasked with appointing a new leader, while there’s speculation about President’s Rule being implemented to stabilize the region.
