No Consensus On Manipur Chief Minister, President's Rule Likely Next?
After Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh's resignation, hectic parleys are underway. A delegation of MLAs from Manipur met BJP northeast coordinator Sambit Patra to discuss the ongoing situation in the state. Mr Patra, state BJP chief A Sarda Devi and BJP MLAs met the Governor today. Mr Singh's unexpected resignation on Sunday raised several questions, with the most pressing being who will succeed him as the next chief minister of the violence-hit state? The BJP has its task cut out as it has limited time to zero in on the next chief minister. "This means President's Rule and keeping the assembly suspended may be the only way out," a source said.?
