Former Manipur CM Biren Singh seeks restoration of elected government

Guwahati: Former Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh sought restoration of elected government in the state adding that he was forced to quit due to the deteriorating situation in the state.

Manipur is under President’s rule. “Everyone is aware about the reason and circumstances behind the imposition of President's Rule in Manipur. Now there is a need for a popular government, people of the state wanted a popular government in the state. People are facing hardship in absence of a popular government. I have been in favour of a popular government since the very beginning," Singh told the media after attending the Iputhou Marjing Expo in Imphal.

He said that he considers that an elected government can handle the issues by the administration in association with the people.


An elected government can listen to the people and address their concerns directly, Singh said, adding that he as the Chief Minister took many steps against drug peddlers and encroachers, who illegally encroached government and forest lands.

On June 28 this year Singh said that the central leaders of the BJP are assessing the situation and said that efforts are on to form a popular government in the state.

He said that the BJP is a national party, and after looking into the ground situation and assessing all other aspects, the new government would be formed at the earliest.

Singh, resigned from the Chief Ministerial post on February 9, four days before the promulgation of President’s Rule on February 13.

Singh and BJP's Rajya Sabha Member from the state, Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi in June.

BJP’s Northeast India In-charge Sambit Patra also in May visited the state’s Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts and met Kuki BJP MLAs Vungzagin Valte and Nemcha Kipgen and several Kuki-Zo and civil society organisations, including the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU).

The 60-member Manipur Assembly, which, after the promulgation of President's Rule on February 13, has been put under suspended animation, has a tenure till 2027.

In Manipur, at least 258 people have been killed and over a thousand people injured in the ethnic violence between the tribal Kuki-Zo and the non-tribal Meitei people since May 3, 2023. More than 60,000 people have been displaced from their homes and villages who are staying in relief camps in different districts.

The ethnic violence between the non-tribals Meiteis and tribal Kuki-Zo broke out in the northeastern state on May 3, 2023, after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

BJP's North East In-charge Sambit Patra, also in May, visited the state's Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts and met Kuki BJP MLAs Vungzagin Valte and Nemcha Kipgen and several Kuki-Zo and civil society organisations, including the Committee on Tribal Unity.

Patra also met former CM Biren Singh and other leaders in Imphal.

The 60-member Manipur Assembly, which, after the promulgation of President's Rule on February 13, has been put under suspended animation, has a tenure till 2027.