4th Manipur BJP legislator quits govt posts in 12 days

way2barak, April 25 : As the resentment among a section of BJP MLAs against Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh continued, another ruling party legislator Raghumani Singh on Monday resigned from the post of Chairman of the Manipur Renewable Energy Development Agency (MANIREDA) chairman.

Bureaucrat turned politician Singh is the fourth BJP MLAs to quit from their government posts in less than two weeks claiming that they were not given due responsibility, funds and authority to function in their posts.

Singh, who elected to the state assembly from the Uripok assembly constituency in the last year’s assembly polls, in his resignation letter to the Chief Minister said : “For personal reasons and also in the public interest, it is felt that my continuance as Chairman of the MANIREDA is not called for, at this juncture.

Therefore, I hereby tender my resignation from the said post of chairman and the same may kindly be accepted.”

Earlier, BJP MLAs Thokchom Radheysham and Karam Shyam quit as Chief Minister’s advisor and the Chairman of the Manipur State Tourism Development Corporation on April 17 and April 13 respectively.

Both had served as ministers in the first Paonam Biren Singh led government (2017-2022).

In a video clip, Shyam said: “A leader should be committed and sincere instead of threatening the followers. If such threats occurred frequently then an eruption of a revolt among the followers is a must… Manipur is becoming a corruption-free state but, in corruption, only the giver and the takers will know.”

On April 20, Paonam Brojen Singh resigned from his post of chairman of the Manipur Development Society.

Political and informed sources said that some more discontented BJP MLAs are likely to quit their respective government posts and are now lobbying with the central party leadership seeking their intervention in the affairs of Manipur.

The aggrieved legislators include a few Kuki MLAs, who are reportedly unhappy with an eviction drive targeting the community.

Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Sunday said that there are no differences of opinion and resentment among the legislators.

Winning 32 seats in the 60-member Assembly, the BJP government retained power for a second consecutive term in the last year polls.

Various other parties are supporting the BJP government too.