New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- The Union government on Thursday announced that it was imposing President's Rule in Manipur, potentially averting a Constitutional crisis after failing to find someone to replace former chief minister N Biren Singh who resigned on February 9, and missing a deadline to convene the state's legislative assembly.
The Manipur assembly, which has a tenure till 2027, was put under suspended animation, which means that the House has not been dissolved, and its members will continue to be MLAs. Such a situation allows parties to try and form a government at a later stage. "It (the assembly) is in suspended animation. The assembly has not been dissolved," said the Bharatiya Janata Party's northeast-in-charge, Sambit Patra.
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