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

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• Apr 18, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

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.