Politics / Manipur

IMPHAL, January 13: The former chief minister, Rishang Keishing has warned that a Constitutional crisis would result if the state Assembly Speaker, S Dhananjoy ignores the Governor's instructions to immediately reconvene the Assembly for long. Speaking to IFP over the telephone, the seasoned politician said he had no idea whether the Speaker's bulletin extending the adjourned Assembly session by another 20 days was issued before or after the Governor's advice was received. 'However, advice from the Constitutional head of the state has to be taken seriously by the Speaker,' he said. Rishang...

IMPHAL, January 13: Even as Governor Ved Marwah ordered 'immediate' re-convening of the House yesterday, Speaker Sapam Dhananjoy today said that efforts are on in right earnest to summon the House at the earliest and take up the no confidence motion against the ruling United Front Government. The Assembly was adjourned sine die on December 1 last year after the Speaker admitted the Opposition sponsored no confidence motion against the MSCP led United Front Government. Speaking to newsmen at the official bungalow of the Speaker this evening Dhananjoy said he has already received the order from...

IMPHAL, January 13: Speaker S Dhananjoy has issued summon notices to the four ruling MLAs against whom the Opposition have submitted supplementary application seeking their disqualification to the Speaker, to appear in person at 11 am of January 15at his office chamber to submit their comments and replies. Four Opposition MLAs - M Okendra, K Ranjit, Kh Loken and L Kerani had moved supplementary applications to the Speaker seeking disqualification of ruling MLAs Hangkhanpao, Onjamang Haokip, S Chandra and Md Allaudin on January 10. They are among the seven ruling MLAs against whom the Speaker...

IMPHAL, January 13: The Governor of Manipur Ved Marwah has directed the Speaker of the Manipur Assembly Sapam Shananjoy Singh to -re-convene the third session of the seventh Manipur Legislative Assembly, which was adjourned sine die on December 1 last year by the Speaker. In a letter to the Speaker of Manipur Assembly, the Governor said that 'the adjourned third session of the seventh Manipur Legislative Assembly should be immediately reconvened and the motion of No-Confidence against the Council of Ministers, already admitted, should be taken up for consideration without further delay'. The...

IMPHAL, January 12: The once extended Winter session of the 7th Manipur Legislative Assembly has been further extended by another 20 days, according to an order of the Assembly Speaker, S Dhananjoy Singh, released by the Assembly secretariat today. The earlier extension of 45 days was due to lapse on January 14. With today's notice, the Winter session has seen a total of 65 days extension. The order of the Speaker, treated as Assembly Bulletin Part-II released today said "pursuant to the direction issued under Rule 353 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Manipur...

IMPHAL, January 12: The action plan submitted by Manipur chief minister W. Nipamacha Singh to Union home minister L.K. Advani on January 6 has more to it than meets the eye. Though the plan was made out to be consisting of 12 clauses, it actually has 26. The chief minister had earlier announced that there were 12 points in the plan. The original copy submitted to the home minister, which is now available to this correspondent, has 26 points. And it is different from the one showed to the Press by the chief minister and his deputy L. Chandramani Singh. Sources said Nipamacha Singh, fearing...

IMPHAL, January 12: The Wahengbam Nipamacha government, it is now apparent, has concealed several crucial aspects of the Action Plan agreed upon with the Union home minister LK Advani on January 6 last from the public. The Action Plan consists of altogether 26 points, rather than the 12 announced before the media by the authorities, according to reliable sources. According to the sources, under the 'real' Action Plan, the state government has among others given its undertaking that the services of all persons directly recruited in the state government with certain exceptions, since the signing...

IMPHAL, January 11: Even as the period of 45 days' adjournment of the winter session of the State Assembly by the Speaker S Dhananjoy Singh expires on January 14, the convening of the session still remain uncertain as the face-off between the Speaker and Chief Minister W Nipamacha Singh continues. The session was adjourned for an indefinite period by the Speaker after admitting the Opposition's. no-confidence motion against the ruling United Front ministry on December 1 last year. Later, the Speaker again postponed the session for another 45 days by issuing an order on December 8 beginning...

IMPHAL, January 11: The opposition leaders once again came down heavily on the United Front ministry led by W Nipamacha Singh, saying that the 12-point action plan submitted to the Union Home Ministry by the state government is nothing but a sell out of the state autonomy guaranteed by the Indian Constitution. Talking to mediapersons shortly after arriving from New Delhi, Samata Party leader, Radhabinod Koijam said the step taken up by the United Front ministry had reduced the status of the state to that of a union territory. Mention may be made here that the UF ministry submitted a 12-point...

IMPHAL, January 11: As a follow-up step to topple the United Front Ministry led by Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh, the Manipur Democratic Front (MDF) has launched another move for disqualification four MLAs in the ruling front by submitting a petition to the Manipur Legislative Assembly. The supplementary petition submitted to the Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly seeking disqualification of four of the seven ruling MLAs against whom the Speaker had already served his judgement. The four ministers against whom the supplementary petition was filed on Wednesday are Minister of State for...