'Very inappropriate' for a group of MLAs to stake claim just by claiming to have a majority -- says one legislator
A group of 10 NDA MLAs met Manipur Governor Ajay Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday, May 28th and later said that they have support of 44 MLAs in the 60-member assembly for the formation of a popular government in the state.
The 10 MLAs are BJP’s
Yumnam Radheshyam Singh, Thockchom Radheshyam Singh, Lourembam Rameshwar Meitei, Thangjam Arunkumar, Kh. Raghumani Singh, Kongkham Robindro Singh, and Paonam Brojen Singh; Sheikh Noorul Hassan and
Janghemliung from the NPP; and Independent Sapam Nishikanta.
Nine of the MLAs are from the Meitei-majority Valley.
Janghemlung Panmei is from Tamenglong assembly. He was elected in 2012 and 2022.
He was earlier a member of Naga People's Front and Manipur State Congress Party too.
“We went and gave the opinion of 44 MLAs – given the way things have gone and the pressure from the public, we expressed to the Governor that it’s the right time to install a popular government. President’s Rule is an emergency move, and it should be the last option," Thockchom Radheshyam Singh said.
He claimed that 44 MLAs in Manipur are prepared to form a new government.
He said they invoked the support of all the MLAs in the Manipur Legislative Assembly except the 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs and five Congress MLAs.
The Manipur Legislative Assembly has 60 seats, of which one is vacant owing to the death of an MLA.
On April 29, a group of 21 NDA MLAs had submitted letters to both the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister seeking the installation of a popular government in the state.
These did not include former CM N Biren Singh or the circle of MLAs close to him. The 10 MLAs who met the Governor on Wednesday were among the 21.
In the April 29 letter, they had written that there had been “no visible actions to bring peace and normalcy in the state” since the imposition of President’s Rule on February 13, and that “installation of a popular government is the only means to bring peace and normalcy in Manipur.”
However, L Susindro Meitei, one of the MLAs close to Biren Singh, claimed to be unaware of the development. “I have no knowledge of the political development which unfolded today. However, it is very inappropriate for a group of legislators to stake claim just by claiming to have a majority. Normally, this is something to be done by the party’s legislature leader".
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