Manipur has been under President’s Rule since February after N Biren Singh resigned as the chief minister, amid criticisms about handling of the ethnic clashes between Meiteis and Kuki-Zos, which broke out in May 2023
BJP legislator Thokchom Radheshyam Singh. Pic/X@BCSConclave
Forty-four MLAs are ready to form a new government in Manipur, BJP legislator Thokchom Radheshyam Singh claimed on Wednesday after meeting Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla. “Forty-four MLAs are ready to form a government as per the wishes of the people. We have conveyed this to the governor. We also discussed what solutions can be there for the issue,” said Singh, who met the governor at the Raj Bhavan here along with nine other MLAs.
“The governor noted what we had to say and will initiate actions in the best interests of the people,” he added. Asked if they would stake a claim to form the government, he said the central leadership of the BJP will take the decision.
“However, to inform that we are ready is similar to staking a claim to form a government. Speaker Th Satyabrata has individually and jointly met the 44 MLAs. There is no one who opposes the formation of a new government,” Singh said. “People are facing too much hardship. In the previous term, two years were lost due to COVID, and in this term, another two years have been lost due to the conflict,” he said.
Manipur has been under President’s Rule since February after N Biren Singh resigned as the chief minister, amid criticisms about handling of the ethnic clashes between Meiteis and Kuki-Zos, which broke out in May 2023. The 60-member state assembly at present has 59 MLAs, with one seat vacant due to the death of a legislator.
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