Manipur CM N Biren Singh submits resignation to Governor

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh tendered his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhawan in Imphal, this evening, February 9, at around 5:20 pm, amid buzz over a no-confidence motion and floor test by Congress, according to sources.


BJP MP Sambit Patra, State Ministers and MLAs reached Raj Bhavan to meet the Governor. Manipur CM N Biren Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in Delhi earlier today.

As per the resignation letter, CM Biren Singh mentioned, "I Nongthombam Biren Singh, Chief Minister of Manipur, am submitting my resignation herewith. It has been an honor to serve the people of Manipur thus far. I am extremely grateful to the Central government for timely actions, interventions, developmental work and implementation of various projects for safeguarding the interest of every single Manipuri. My sincere request to the Central government through your good office is to continue with the same. I take the opportunity to enumerate the most important ones of them:

To maintain the territorial integrity of Manipur which has a rich and diverse civilizational history over thousands of years. 1)

To crack down on border infiltration and to formulate policy for the deportation of the illegal immigrants.

ⅲ) To continue the fight against drugs and narco terrorism.

iv) To continue the stringent and fool-proof revised mechanism of FMR with the biometric being stringently applied.

v) Time bound and faster border which is underway.

Kindly, accept my resignation and oblige"

In addition, reliable reports suggest that CM Singh recommended the imposition of an animated suspension of Assembly, though further details on this matter remain unclear.


Meanwhile, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh left for Delhi on Saturday, February 8 evening in a chartered flight, officials confirmed. However, the purpose of his visit to the national capital remains undisclosed.

 

It is to be mentioned here that earlier on February 5, hours after Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh left for the national capital to meet central leaders, three senior state ministers and four BJP MLAs also rushed to Delhi on a chartered flight on Wednesday evening, officials said.

The CM was likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss a wide range of issues, including the security situation in the state, they said.

According to officials, PWD Minister Govindas Konthouam, forest and Environment Minister Thongam Biswajit, and Consumer Affairs Minister L Susindro Meitei took a chartered flight in the evening. 

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