28 Meitei BJP MLAs meet Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman

A group of 28 BJP MLAs belonging to the Meitei community met defence minister Rajanth Singh and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Monday. The group led by Speaker T Satyabrata Singh had arrived a day earlier.

"We are here to apprise our leadership on the situation in Manipur. We met Rajnath Singh in the morning and discussed the ongoing violence and sought a resolution of the crisis from the centre," Satyabrata Singh told ET.

They met Sithararaman in the evening. The legislators have sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah. With Modi set to go abroad, they are likely to meet only Shah.


Manipur has been on the boil for over a month, with valley inhabiting Meitis and hill inhabiting Kukis engaged in several clashes in both regions.

"The situation currently is grim, but normalcy will return and our visit is to help in restoring normalcy," Singh said. "It's a confrontation with illegally armed insurgent and foreign-armed militia who are waging war against the state and Centre," BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh, who is part of the delegation, posted on social media.