11 Manipur MLAs get notice for not attending CM Biren Singh’s meeting

Notices issued to MLAs for missing Manipur CM's meeting on law-and-order, including NPP members; political turmoil ensues.

I: The Manipur Chief Minister’s Secretariat has served notices to 11 MLAs, including ministers, for not attending a meeting convened by Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh on Monday (November 18, 2024) to discuss the law-and-order situation in the State.

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The MLAs asked to explain their absence included Kshetrigao’s Sheikh Noorul Hassan of the National People’s Party (NPP), which withdrew support to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government on Sunday.

The NPP, too, served show-cause notices to three of its seven MLAs for attending the meeting despite the party having withdrawn its support from the Biren Singh-led government on Sunday (November 17, 2024). These MLAs are Mayanglambam Rameswhar Singh representing the Kakching constituency, Thongam Shanti Singh (Moirang), and Irengbam Nalini Devi (Oinam).

“Our Tamenglong MLA, Janghemlung Panmei did not attend the meeting but someone faked his signature to show he was present,” an Imphal Valley-based NPP leader told The Hindu.

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“Our State Committee wrote to our national president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, who issued a show-cause notice to the three MLAs who defied the party’s stand,” he said.