BJP MLAs Convene Meeting To Push for Elected Government in Manipur - The Statesman

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators convened a meeting at the residence of in Imphal intensifying efforts to restore an elected government in the state.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators convened a meeting at the residence of in Imphal intensifying efforts to restore an elected government in the state.

The meeting was held at the house of party MLA Thongam Biswajit Singh.

The discussion among the BJP lawmakers comes just days after a delegation of 10 MLAs—including eight from the BJP, one from the National People’s Party (NPP), and one Independent—met Manipur

Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at Raj Bhavan on May 28.

The legislators formally staked a claim to form a “popular government,” nearly four months after President’s Rule was imposed in the state on February 13.

The political vacuum followed the resignation of former Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, a senior BJP leader, amid continuing ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities that

erupted on May 3, 2023.

The unrest has resulted in the deaths of over 200 people, displacement of thousands, and a complete breakdown of trust between the valley and hill populations.

The call for reinstating an elected government has coincided with a surge in civil unrest in the Imphal valley.