Too little, too late: Opposition as Manipur CM resigns

The opposition leaders on Monday termed the resignation of N Biren Singh as the chief minister of Manipur ldquotoo little too laterdquo and called it a step taken to avoid a noconfidence motion the Congress was about to bring in the state AssemblySingh resigned as the state CM on Sunday after 22 months of turmoil which left more than 250 people dead and thousands rendered homelessldquoIts too little too late People of Manipur his own party leaders and the opposition have been asking for his resignation for two yearsrdquo Shiv Sena UBT Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi saidTMC MP Mahua Moitra said ldquoThis is the end of a shameful chapter in Manipurs history I hope the prime minister if he finds time from visiting France and America will make a trip to Manipurrdquo Moitra addedCongress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that Singhs resignation was ldquolong overduerdquoViolence has been ldquocarrying onrdquo in the northeastern state for two years she saidldquoIt was long overdueFor two years this has been carrying on in Manipurrdquo the Congress leader saidRajiv Raji of the Samajwadi Party also attacked the Centre for the action coming ldquotoo laterdquoCPIM Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas also said the Manipur chief minister should have resigned long back and called the delay ldquounfortunaterdquo while Azad Samaj Party MP Chandra Shekhar Aazad said Singh should have been punishedNCP SP Rajya Sabha MP Fauzia Khan said the prime minister should visit Manipur soon to assure the people that the nation stands with themNPP backs NDANational Peoples Party NPP working President Sheikh Noorul Hassan said they have withdrawn support from Biren Singh as he failed to restore normalcy and peace in the state while reaffirming support to the NDA alliance ldquoNPP has withdrawn support from N Biren Singh government We do not believe in his leadership because of his failure to restore normalcy and peace in Manipur We are a part of the NDA alliance at the Centre we will always cooperate and work with BJP as part of NDA to bring normalcy to the staterdquo Hassan told reporters Meanwhile Y Khemchand Singh the BJP MLA from Manipur stated that all the members will accept the decision of the partys high command This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever