Imphal, April 14 -- The ongoing President's Rule in Manipur, now in its second month, has come under severe criticism from both a national political party and a key regional civil society organization.

The Manipur unit of Shiv Sena and the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) have voiced strong dissatisfaction over what they describe as the central government's failure to restore peace and normalcy in the state.

Shiv Sena Manipur state president M. Tombi denounced the President's Rule as "toothless" and "sightless," accusing the administration of inaction and failing to make meaningful progress in ending the ongoing ethnic unrest. Tombi criticized Union Home Minister Amit Shah's free movement initiative for the Meitei co...