Manipur Assembly session
Manipur Legislative Assembly

IMPHAL: Manipur governor Anusuiya Uikey has summoned the state’s assembly session on August 29.

The 12th Manipur legislative assembly will meet at 11:00 am on August 29 (Tuesday) for its fourth session.

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Earlier, the Manipur cabinet had decided to convene the stateโ€™s assembly session on August 29.

It may be mentioned here that the Congress had said that โ€œconstitutional crisis looms over Manipurโ€ due to not holding of normal assembly session on time.

Former Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Sunday (August 20) slammed the BJP-led state government over delay in holding the stateโ€™s assembly session.

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Ibobi Singh expressed dismay over the BJP-led Manipur governmentโ€™s โ€˜inactionโ€™ to convene the assembly session, despite the state being rocked by violence and ethnic clashes over the past nearly four months.

He said: โ€œIt is only the Manipur government, who knows why the assembly session has not been convened yet, despite the cabinet, earlier, having decided to convene it on August 21.โ€

โ€œNot holding assembly session on time, as prescribed by the Constitution, invites unprecedented Constitutional crisis,โ€ the former Manipur chief minister said.

He added: โ€œThe opposition, especially the Congress has time and again called for convening a special assembly session to discuss the unrest in Manipur.โ€