NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Monday used the discussion on Manipur budget in the Rajya Sabha to criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not having visited the state even once after ethnic violence broke out there in May 2023.Members from the Congress, TMC, DMK, BJD, AAP and CPI accused the the prime minister for not…
GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh’s defiance of repeated resignation calls over his handling of the ethnic conflict raging there since May 2023 ended Sunday when he put in his papers on eve of the assembly’s budget session, and a possible no-trust motion by Congress against the BJP-led government.Governor A K Bhalla accepted Biren’s resignation…
NEW DELHI: Accusing Biren Singh of instigating division in the state for two years, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Sunday said PM Narendra Modi allowed Singh to continue “despite the violence, loss of life and the destruction of the idea of India” in the state.Congress linked Biren’s resignation to the no-confidence motion that the party was…
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed Singh’s resignation was the result of public outrage, the Supreme Court’s intervention, and the opposition’s no-confidence motion. NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned due to mounting pressure from the public, Supreme Court, and the Congress. He accused…