India, Feb. 13 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday imposed the President's rule in Manipur days after chief minister N Biren Singh resigned following months of ethnic violence.

Sambit Patra, the BJP in-charge for Manipur who held hectic meetings with party MLAs and Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla to pick the next chief minister, said the state assembly will remain in 'suspended animation'.

In India, the President's rule is imposed under powers conferred by Article 356 of the Constitution. The order issued by the Centre on Thursday stated that President Droupadi Murmu is satisfied that a situation has arisen in which the government of a state cannot be carried on under the provisions of the Constitution.

Article 356 empowers th...