PM Modi Meets Biren Singh for the First Time Amid Manipur Violence
Sources reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and N Biren Singh discussed the situation in Manipur, which experienced significant ethnic violence last year.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh met directly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his current visit to Delhi. According to party sources, Singh and Modi discussed the situation in Manipur, which experienced significant ethnic violence last year, amid considerable speculation surrounding the meeting.
Mr Singh is in Delhi for a special conclave of Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states. But the short closed door session held in its sidelines , was specially scheduled to discuss the Centre and state’s plans and roadmap for a possible solution to the ongoing crisis. Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh were also present for the meeting, but no officials from the Centre or the state attended it, sources said, underscoring its exclusivity.
The meeting comes amid massive Opposition pressure on the BJP over the Prime Minister’s alleged silence on Manipur. Slogans of Manipur had rent Lok Sabha as the Opposition interrupted PM Modi’s speech on the Motion of Thanks following President Droupadi Murmu’s joint address for over two hours.
The BJP, though, has been especially focussed on Manipur after the two Lok Sabha seats in the northeastern state went to the Congress in the recent general election.
