Manipur CM N. Biren Singh Resigns Amid Political Turmoil

By  News On Air   Feb 09, 2025

In Manipur, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh submitted a resignation letter from the post of Chief Minister of the State today to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla. Shri Biren, who led the BJP government in Manipur since the party came to power in 2017, stepped down amid ongoing political developments in the state. His resignation comes after months of unrest in the state and internal party politics.

The internal party politics over the leadership of the State BJP government have been taking place for many days in the State. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh arrived in Imphal along with BJP Lok Sabha MP and BJP North East In Charge Sambit Patra this afternoon from Delhi, where he also had a meeting with party leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Soon after his arrival at Imphal, Shri Biren chaired a meeting with the MLAs of the ruling party at the CM Secretariat Imphal, and afterwards, he met the Governor of Manipur, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, at Raj Bhavan in Imphal.

There he submitted his resignation paper to the governor. Meanwhile, the seventh session of the ongoing 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly is scheduled to commence tomorrow. However, the 12th sitting Assembly Session will be held with Shri Biren Singh as the caretaker of the CM, or a new leader for the post of CM will be sworn in before the session remains a question as of now.