• Delhi: 12 Manipur BJP MLAs stage protest against CM N Biren Singh

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    Delhi: 12 Manipur BJP MLAs stage protest against CM N Biren Singh

    Biren Singh's decision to cancel the 2008 Suspension of Operations agreement last month is one of the major flashpoints. The deal called for a halt to operations against Kuki insurgent groups.

    Digital Desk: The
    Bharatiya Janata Party in Manipur may be in trouble, as more than a dozen
    legislators from the state have arrived in Delhi to oppose chief minister N
    Biren Singh. Legislators have called for a change of guard in the state.



    Several of the 12 MLAs camping in Delhi are from
    the Kuki community, a clan from the state's hill area that has previously
    contended with the previous government under Ibobi Singh on a number of issues.
    On the condition of anonymity, one of the MLAs in Delhi told DH that they
    joined the BJP with the promise of development in their region, but that has
    yet to happen.



    "Some of
    our concerns contribute to the continuation of the situation, and despite our
    interventions, no action has been taken," the MLA stated.  Manipur MLA Read Thokchom Radheshyam resigns
    as Chief Minister's advisor. Biren Singh's decision to cancel the 2008
    Suspension of Operations agreement last month is one of the major flashpoints.
    The deal called for a halt to operations against Kuki insurgent groups.



    A top BJP leader stated that national leaders
    will meet with the group to iron out the differences, but that the party will
    not undergo a change of guard.



    The news follows
    the resignations of Heirok MLA Thokchom Radheshyam Singh as the chief
    minister's political advisor and Langthabal MLA Karam Shyam as chairman of the
    Tourism Corporation of Manipur.



    Singh, a
    decorated cop, was removed from the state Cabinet in 2020.



    Shyam claimed in his letter that despite being
    nominated to the position in December, he has yet to be assigned a job. "I
    am resigning from the post of chairman of Tourism Corporation of Manipur
    Limited because I have not been assigned any responsibility as chairman,"
    he said.