Manipur BJP resignation row: 4th MLA resigns as MANIREDA chairman

Last updated Apr 24, 2023 10

Guwahati: In yet another major blow to the saffron party in Manipur, BJP legislator Khwairakpam Raghumani Singh resigned from his position as the head of the Manipur Renewable Energy Development Agency (MANIREDA).

With this resignation from additional responsibilities imposed by CM Biren Singh, Raghumani Singh becomes the fourth lawmaker from the BJP camp in Manipur.

Earlier on April 20, MLA P Brojen Singh resigned from his position as the Manipur Development Society chairman.

‘Personal grounds’ were given as the explanation for Brojen’s resignation as an elected MLA from the Thoubal district’s Wangjing Tentha Assembly constituency.

“I tender my resignation from the post of chairman Manipur Development Society (MDS) Imphal due to some personal grounds”, mentioned Brojen in his resignation letter.

When Brojen announced his resignation, a few elected MLAs, mostly from the Kuki community, were already camped out in New Delhi, asking the Centre leadership for assistance. They were upset with the state’s current leadership for allegedly lacking transparency and failing to keep their promises.

Thokchom Radheshyam, who resigned from his position as Chief Minister N. Biren Singh’s advisor, has alleged that a dictatorial style of leadership has been prevailing in Manipur which has left many legislators disgruntled. They want a change of guard—either the chief minister or state party leadership.

“If we want transparency, whatever we do, whatever we speak, what we think in our mind and soul should be same and action upon,” he wrote on the social media platform.

Another BJP political leader, Karam Shyam, who resigned on April 17 from his position as Chairman of the Tourism Corporation, claimed in a social media post that the state government’s senior leadership does not treat their subordinates fairly and that it is unacceptable for a leader to threaten subordinates.

Shyam added that the CM had promised to create a historical place in his district but afterwards turned down his plea.