A delegation of 10 MLAs from the NDA, comprising 8 from the BJP, 1 from the NPP, and 1 Independent, met Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on May 28 to stake their claim to form a new government in the state. Led by BJP MLA Thokchom Radheshyam Singh, the group submitted a proposal to end the President’s Rule, imposed after the resignation of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh following 20 months of ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki Zo communities.
Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Monday afternoon took a chopper from Imphal airport to reach the Raj Bhawan, a distance of 6km, owing to the ongoing protest seeking his apology for the removal of the state’s name from a bus carrying journalists to Ukhrul on May 20.
