NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (NNN-PTI) – Chief Minister of India’s Manipur state, N. Biren Singh, resigned yesterday, almost two years after deadly ethnic violence broke out in the north-eastern state.
Singh, a member of India’s main ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, tendered his resignation, to the governor of Manipur.
Insiders say, he resigned from his post to quell dissidence within his party, and to avert the possibility of a no-confidence motion against him, by the Congress-led opposition in the state assembly.
The legislative assembly session is scheduled to begin in Manipur today.
Manipur has been on edge since May 3, 2023, when large-scale violence broke out in the state, during a tribal protest over the inclusion of the non-tribal Meitei community, for a scheduled tribe status – designated for disadvantaged socio-economic groups, which gives them reservations in education and government jobs.
The ethnic clashes between the majority Meitei group and the tribal Kuki minority have displaced over 60,000.– NNN-PTI