Imphal, May 29 -- At least 44 MLAs are ready to form a new government in Manipur, BJP legislator Thokchom Radheshyam Singh said on Wednesday after meeting Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla. Manipur has been under the President's Rule since February 13, four days after BJP leader N Biren Singh resigned as the chief minister. Talking to reporters outside the Raj Bhavan in Imphal, Thokchom Singh said he, along with nine other MLAs, met the governor to formally inform him of the support for a new government. "Forty-four MLAs are ready to form a government as per the wishes of the people. We have conveyed this to the governor," he said. On a question whether they would stake a claim to form the government, Singh said the BJP central leadership will take a decision on staking claim to form the government.P6...