Imphal: Days after the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, uncertainty over the next government formation prevails even as a section of political leaders frantically make queries about the prospects of President’s Rule in the state.
Hectic parleys are going on to choose an alternate leader of the ruling BJP legislature party who would lead the new government, IANS reported. The BJP’s northeast in-charge Sambit Patra held dozens of meetings with caretaker Chief Minister Biren Singh, other ministers, MLAs and other BJP leaders for selection of the new legislature party leader.
According to a top BJP leader, state Assembly Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh and Municipal Administrations, Housing and Urban Development (MAHUD) Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, Rajya Member from Manipur Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba are the frontrunners for the chief minister’s post.
“The party is trying to choose a leader who will be acceptable both among tribals – Kuki-Zo-Hmar and Naga and majority non-tribal Meitei communities,” a leader told IANS.
Around two years after the ethnic violence between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zo-Hmar broke out in Manipur and devastated the state, Chief Minister Biren Singh on Sunday submitted his resignation letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla.
