Politics / Manipur

GUWAHATI, February 11: The Nipamacha Singh ministry in Manipur was on Sunday reduced to minority following a split in the legislature wing of Manipur State Congress Party, lead partner of the ruling United Legislature Front, setting off hectic parleys in the main Opposition alliance Manipur Democratic Front to form an alternative. Sports minister M. Hemanta Singh and seven other MLAs broke away from the 31-member MSCP legislature party saying they had withdrawn support to the Nipamacha Singh ministry reducing its strength to 27 in the 60-member House with an effective strength of 59. Speaking...

IMPHAL, February 9: The Manipur Human Rights Commission has taken up a suo motu case in connection with the attack on Father Tommy Manjali at the Canchipur Catholic School, on February 2 by unidentified persons. The commission issued notices to the Principal Secretary, Home and DGP, seeking reports of the incident and progress of the investigations. The reports should be submitted before February 26 and the next day is fixed for further orders. The commission received a report from the Under Secretary Home in connection with the killing of Father Jacob by unknown gunmen at Sugnu on December 2...

IMPHAL, February 9: In a new twist of the present political situation in the State, the MSCP which is a partner of the National Democratic Alliance at the Centre has decided to withdraw from the alliance tonight. The move followed the remarks of BJP national secretary PB Acharya and Samata Party national president Jaya Jaitley favouring President's rule in the State. The decision to withdraw from the NDA was taken during a meeting of the ruling MSCP Legislature Party held at the official residence of the Chief Minister and MSCP president W Nipamacha Singh. Nipamacha presided over the meeting...

IMPHAL, February 9: Manipur Chief Minister Wagengbam Nipamacha Singh has said reconvening of the House to discuss the pending no-confidence motion against the ruling United Legislature Front (ULF) is in the hands of the Speaker S Dhananjoy, reports PTI. Nipamacha Singh told newsmen late last night that Governor Ved Prakash Marwah would prorogue the Assembly if the Speaker did not reconvene the House to discuss the motion. "If the House is prorogued, the Governor can issue fresh directive to the Speaker to reconvene the House to discuss the no-trust motion against the ULF", he said. The Chief...

IMPHAL, February 8: Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley today said her party has no differences with the BJP over the leadership issue in the Opposition Manipur Democratic Front. Addressing newsmen here, Jaitley stressed the need to topple the present W. Nipamacha Singh-led United Front of Manipur ministry for an effective government. The Opposition camp, which was backing Speaker Sapam Dhananjoy in the battle against Nipamacha Singh, has been unable to split the UFM. One of the reasons for the Opposition's failure to topple the UFM ministry was the intense leadership tussle between BJP...

IMPHAL, February 8: Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley today said there are only two options to tide over the present political crisis in Manipur. One option is to place Manipur under the President's rule and the other way is to form an alternative Government. Talking to reporters in Imphal today the Samata Party leader, who came to Imphal to assess the political development here said if invited the Samata Party can provide an alternative Government in the State. Jaitley, who also met the Governor to discuss the present situation, said the Samata Party is not interested in toppling games but...

IMPHAL, February 8: State Governor Ved Marwah should send a detailed report of the present political crisis to the Centre, PB Acharya, BJP's national secretary in-charge of the Northeast Border Area said in a press conference in Imphal today. Referring to the Governor's message to Chief Minister W Nipamacha and Assembly Speaker S Dhananjoy to immediately reconvene the adjourned Assembly, Acharya said that there should be a conducive atmosphere among the ruling and Opposition before reconvening the House. Expressing dismay at the prevailing crisis in the State, he said "the people of Manipur...

IMPHAL, February 7: There is hope that Sanamahi Laining, the indigenous religion of the Meiteis will be included in the Census record in the forthcoming nation-wide census operation commencing from February 9 to 28. This was stated by the general secretary of Joint Action Committee for Inclusion of Sanamahi religion in the census of India, Ayekpam Tomba Meitei while addressing a group of newsmen at the Children's Home, Tera Keithel today. Appealing to all the Meiteis, including followers of Manipuri-Hinduism to write Sanamahi Laining or Sanamahism in the relevant columns given in the census...

IMPHAL, February 7: The Governor of Manipur, Ved Marwah, in a letter that hardly conceals his impatience at the manner in which the Assembly affairs have been conducted, directed the Speaker S Dhananjoy Singh, to reconvene without any further ado with the warning that his failure to comply will attract "serious consequences". Today's message is the third in a series that the Governor dispatched to the Speaker, directing the latter to reconvene the House and dispose of the no-confidence motion against the council ministers that he admitted on the first day of the Winter session on December 1...

IMPHAL, February 7: Manipur Governor Ved Prakash Marwah today warned of 'serious consequences' if the state Assembly session was not reconvened immediately to discuss the pending no-confidence motion against the ruling United Legislative Front (ULF), Raj Bhawan sources said, reports PTI. Sources said the Governor wrote separate letters today to Chief Minister W Nipamacha Singh and Speaker S Dhananjoy that "the no confidence motion already admitted should be considered without any further delay." Earlier, the Governor had in separate letters asked the Speaker and the Chief Minister to sort out...