Days after N Biren Singh resigned as Manipur chief minister, the centre on Thursday imposed president鈥檚 rule in the state of India.
The announcement came after president Droupadi Murmu received a report from Manipur governor Ajay Bhalla, reported The Indian Express.
Before imposing president鈥檚 rule, a security plan was prepared to avoid any untoward incidents and the state police, along with other聽聽 agencies, are monitoring the movement of leaders who they believe could incite violence in the valley.
Manipur has been witnessing ethnic conflict between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities since May 2023. More than 200 people have been killed in the conflict.
Biren Singh, who had been CM in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government of Manipur, resigned from his post on Sunday after a meeting with union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda.
In November 2024, the Conrad Sangma-led National People鈥檚 Party had withdrawn support to the Biren Singh government.
In a notification issued Thursday evening, union home secretary Govind Mohan said that the following proclamation by the president was published for general information: 鈥榃hereas, I, Droupadi Murmu, president of India, have received a report from the governor of Manipur and after considering the report and other information, I am satisfied that a situation has arisen in which the government of that state cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of India.鈥�
鈥楴ow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 356 of the Constitution, and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby proclaim that all functions of the government of Manipur and all powers vested in or exercisable by the governor of the that state, and declare that the powers of the legislature of the said state will be exercisable by or under the authority of parliament,鈥� the notification said.
On Sunday, governor Ajay Bhalla had issued a notification declaring that the state legislative assembly would not convene on Monday as scheduled. The notification declared the previous orders summoning the assembly 鈥榥ull and void鈥�.
A source in the security establishment said that senior police officers and all the security personnel of paramilitary forces were deployed on the ground, and also asked to generate information from the ground.
鈥榃e are expecting protests in the valley and proper arrangements have been made to handle any sort of situation. Extra deployment has been made outside the premises of senior political leaders, and currently we are also monitoring movement of all the leaders who could incite violence,鈥� the source said.