Imphal: Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader K. Meghachandra Singh called on the leaders of the BJP-led government to surrender their authority, citing acute governance failures, unfulfilled financial promises and an inability to resolve the prolonged ethnic crisis.
Speaking to the press at his residence in Yairipok, Thoubal district, on November 9, the opposition leader said the ruling administration continued to issue false assurances while the general public endured immense suffering.
He said that despite budgetary allocations of Rs 350 crore for women’s empowerment in the state Assembly, the government had failed to fulfil its widely publicised promises.
The MPCC chief specifically referred to an unfulfilled pledge by several BJP legislators to distribute Rs 10,000 to every woman from poor and helpless families ahead of the Ningol Chakkouba festival.
He said the state had instead distributed only Rs 1,000 to internally displaced persons across ten districts, an outcome he described as highly unfortunate. He also criticised the government for maintaining silence and failing to clarify the budgetary discrepancies.
The opposition leader attributed the prolonged Manipur crisis to internal conflicts within the ruling BJP. He said these deep political divisions had rendered the government incapable of restoring peace and normalcy.
He added that the state was facing a severe leadership deficit, with governance limited to virtual Cabinet meetings rather than tangible action on the ground.
On regional security and employment, the Congress leader claimed that the government’s failure to provide jobs had forced local youth to take up arms to protect the state’s territorial integrity.
He also accused the ruling party of attempting to silence Inner Manipur MP Bimol Akoijam for raising critical issues concerning the state in Parliament.
He concluded by describing the BJP-led alliance’s internal leadership changes and strategies for government formation as constitutionally flawed.