Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday tendered his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan, two years after the ethnic violence began in the northeast state.
BJP's Biren Singh was accompanied by 14 MLAs belonging to his party and the NPF. Manipur BJP president A Sharda and senior party leader Sambit Patra were also part of the delegation.
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This comes hours after he returned from Delhi.
In his letter to the governor, Singh said, "It has been an honour to serve the people of Manipur thus far. I am extremely grateful to the central government for time actions, interventions, developmental work and implementation of various projects for safeguarding the interests of every single Manipuri."
Here is the full transcript of Biren Singh's resignation letter.
To
The Hon'ble Governor
Subject: Submission of resignation from the post of Chief Minister Manipur
Hon'ble Sir,
I, Nongthombam Biren Singh, Chief Minister of Manipur, am submitting my resignation herewith. It has been an honor to serve the people of Manipur thus far.
I am extremely grateful to the Central government for timely actions, interventions, developmental work and implementation of various projects for safeguarding the interest of every single Manipuri. My sincere request to the Central government through your good office is to continue with the same. I take the opportunity to enumerate the most important ones of them:
Manipur CM N Biren Singh hands over the letter of resignation from the post of Chief Minister to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal. pic.twitter.com/zcfGNVdPPo
— ANI (@ANI) February 9, 2025
i)To maintain the territorial integrity of Manipur which has a rich and diverse civilizational history over thousands of years.
ii)To crack down on border infiltration and to formulate policy for the deportation of the illegal immigrants.
iii)To continue the fight against drugs and narco terrorism.
iv)To continue the stringent and fool-proof revised mechanism of FMR with the biometric being stringently applied.
v)Time bound and faster border which is underway.
Kindly, accept my resignation and oblige.
Thanking you
