Defence Minister Rajnath Singh assures full support to Manipur government

Guwahati: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday assured Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh of all assistance from his ministry in every endeavour of the state government.

The Manipur Chief Minister, who has been in New Delhi since Saturday, on Monday also met BJP National President Nitin Nabin and the party’s National General Secretary (Organisation) B L Santhosh.

An official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Imphal said that Rajnath Singh assured all assistance from the Defence Ministry in any initiative undertaken by the Manipur government.


During the meeting, the Chief Minister urged the Defence Minister to extend help in raising one Territorial Army (TA) battalion for Manipur.

Singh on Monday afternoon called on the BJP National President Nitin Nabin at the BJP’s national headquarters in New Delhi.

During the meeting, Nitin Nabin discussed with Khemchand Singh matters relating to strengthening the party’s state unit.

Nabin also asked the Chief Minister to speed up the state government’s efforts for the resettlement of the ethnic violence-hit Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

The BJP National President assured all possible support from the party in this effort. Khemchand Singh was elected as the new leader of Manipur’s BJP Legislature Party at the BJP’s national headquarters in New Delhi on February 3.