India, Feb. 12 -- Nearly three days after N Biren Singh resigned as the Manipur chief minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to finalise a successor for the post. Biren Singh's resignation on Sunday came after nearly 21 months of crisis as Manipur remained engulfed in ethnic violence, with over 250 persons being killed and several thousands displaced in the northeastern province. He submitted his letter of resignation to Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla after hours-long meeting with Home minister Amit Shah and JP Nadda.

Following this, BJP's Northeast in-charge Sambit Patra held a series of meetings with groups of BJP legislators in a bid to find consensus on picking a successor to Biren Singh.

The saffron party's central leaders...