Congress targets BJP MLAs’ Delhi meet on Manipur
KRC TIMES Manipur Bureau
Imphal : The Manipur Congress has launched a sharp attack on the BJP after more than 30 of its legislators travelled to New Delhi for a meeting with the party’s central leadership, alleging that the exercise failed to address the state’s prolonged law and order crisis.
Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee president Keisham Meghachandra Singh on Sunday described the BJP legislators’ visit as “a crash course on how to justify administrative failures,” accusing the ruling party of focusing on political optics instead of urgent corrective action on the ground.
His remarks came after a meeting of the BJP Manipur Legislature Party at the party headquarters in New Delhi, where 34 MLAs-including two from the Kuki-Zo community-met senior leaders to discuss what the BJP termed “peace and progress” in the violence-hit state.
Sharing photographs from the meeting on social media platform X, Keisham said the BJP had “reduced its MLAs to students attending crash courses in Delhi” instead of restoring normalcy in Manipur.
The BJP, in an official post, said the meeting was held in the presence of BJP national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh and the party’s Northeast coordinator Sambit Swaraj. According to the party, discussions focused on the prevailing situation in Manipur and pathways to peace and development.
Party sources said deliberations also included the possibility of forming a popular government in the state at the earliest and exploring enhanced financial assistance from the Centre to fast-track development initiatives.
Manipur has remained on edge since ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities erupted in May 2023, leaving more than 260 people dead and displacing thousands.
President’s rule was imposed in the state on February 13 following the resignation of Chief Minister N Biren Singh. Although the Manipur Legislative Assembly has a term until 2027, it has been placed under suspended animation, leaving the state without an elected government amid continuing instability.
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