Manipur CM Biren rules out leadership change in State

Biren said he and other leaders were summoned to Delhi to chalk out strategy for the 2022 Assembly election.

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren has said that there is no question of a leadership change in the State which goes to Assembly election in March 2022. He said this while talking to a local news channel, IS.COM.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s national leaders on October 1 summoned Mr. Biren, Minister T. Biswajit and party State president A. Sharda to Delhi. Mr. Biren said that they were summoned to chalk out the election strategy.

Most of the tribal MLAs have also been camping in Delhi. The tribals in Manipur are not happy that the Autonomous District Council Bill, 2021 recommended by the Hill Areas Committee, a statutory body, was not tabled during the monsoon session of the Assembly. All Tribal Students’ Union, Manipur, had boycotted the ‘Go to Hills’ programme launched by Mr. Biren for a balanced development of the hills and the valley where tribals and non-tribals inhabit respectively. The Chief Minister says that the people have been talking about a change of guard during the four and a half years of his tenure.