Might 06, 2025 07:22 PM IST
Throughout his two-day go to to the state, BJP chief Sambit Patra met a number of key figures together with former chief minister N. Biren Singh, Speaker Th. Satyabrata, and Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla
IMPHAL: Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) Northeast in-charge Sambit Patra departed for the nationwide capital on Tuesday after ending his two-day go to to Manipur with out assembly the 21 MLAs who had signed a letter in search of the formation of a well-liked authorities within the troubled northeastern state.
BJP Northeast in-charge Sambit Patra. (File Picture)
Throughout his two-day go to to the state, Patra met a number of key figures together with former chief minister N. Biren Singh, Speaker Th. Satyabrata, and Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla.
Patra’s go to to Manipur was geared toward holding essential conferences with BJP legislators amid the continued political uncertainty in Manipur. President’s Rule was imposed within the state on February 13 on the fourth day after N Biren Singh resigned as chief minister.
On the second day of his go to, Patra held a closed-door assembly with MLA Nemcha Kipgen at her residence in Kangpokpi. Kipgen is among the many signatories demanding a separate administration within the type of a Union Territory.
Later, Patra additionally met representatives of the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) and the Kuki Ladies’s Union. In the course of the assembly, CoTU submitted a memorandum highlighting pressing considerations of the Kuki-Zo communities.
The memorandum reiterated the demand for a ‘separate administration’ and known as for cover of tribal areas by means of the implementation of constitutional safeguards beneath Article 371C, and the Fifth and Sixth Schedules of the Structure. It additionally known as for recognition of tribal land rights.
Extra calls for included the imposition of the Armed Forces (Particular Powers) Act throughout Manipur, a second spherical of talks with the Ministry of Residence Affairs to be held individually with the Kuki-Zomi Council and the Meitei neighborhood, and restrictions on free motion on the present juncture. The memorandum acknowledged that if civil society organisations representing the Meitei are mandated, the Kuki teams could be keen to signal a cessation of hostilities and provoke dialogue.
After concluding his engagements in Kangpokpi, Patra returned to Imphal after which departed for New Delhi on Tuesday.
