Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday engaged five senior leaders to assess the post-poll situation in five states and suggest organisational changes following its electoral debacle, a day after the state unit chiefs were asked to resign. Rajya Sabha MP Rajani Patil has been asked to assess the situation in Goa, Jairam Ramesh in Manipur … Read more
The BJP has returned to power with a stronger mandate in Manipur, but a question has accompanied that additional comfort buffer: Who will head the next government? “While Chief Minister N Biren Singh is the frontrunner, at least two other candidates are eyeing the post,” a senior BJP leader, who did not wish to be … Read more
Imphal: Congress, Manipur’s most popular political party of yesteryears, was decimated on Thursday not just by BJP alone but every other party it had fought against in the assembly election. The grand old party suffered its worst defeat in the state losing in 48 of the 53 seats it had contested. At the end of … Read more
The Congress on Tuesday deputed senior leaders for poll management ahead of election results in Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur, party sources said. While Karnataka Congress chief D K Sivakumar will be special observer in Goa, party general secretary Mukul Wasnik and Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singh Deo besides Vincent Pala have been deputed … Read more
Though in small numbers, areas bordering Manipur is facing an influx from Myanmar following the military Junta taking over the power. Manipur shares a porous border with Myanmar. One person of several people ET spoke to voiced the same fear in Manipur’s valley, “As these people will settle here, this is a demographic threat to … Read more
The development inequality of the hill and valley divide is the grist of political debate in the poll-bound Manipur hill areas that account for one-third of the 60-member state assembly. The BJP-led government in 2017 promised to cement the divide and Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh launched “go to hills” and “go to villages” campaigns … Read more
Attacking its ally BJP, Meghalaya Chief Minister and leader of National People’s Party (NPP) Conrad K Sangma said BJP has not followed coalition dharma in the last five years in Manipur. Sangma during the election campaign said, “The sad part is that in the past five years in many fronts we had to face huge … Read more
Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Congress in Manipur polls will be restricted to single-digit and will not win more than five seats. Sarma who was in Manipur on Monday said, “Congress has given a walkover and will be restricted to a single digit. Congress will be restricted to five seats.” BJP is … Read more
Fifteen former bureaucrats with experience in the electoral process have been appointed as special observers for the assembly polls in five states. They will be supervising and monitoring the work being done by the electoral machinery in their assigned states and ensure that stringent and effective action is taken based on intelligence inputs and complaints, … Read more
BJP led government is projecting introduction of Inner Line permit for Manipur as one of its major achievements in poll bound state. In 2019 ILP was introduced in Manipur at the height of agitation against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Manipur Chief minister Nongthombam Biren Singh while speaking on the 50th anniversary of Statehood of Manipur … Read more