Overview
- Former chief minister N. Biren Singh and several BJP MLAs have arrived in the capital to lobby for a “popular government,” with a meeting planned with BJP Northeast in-charge Sambit Patra and a request to see Home Minister Amit Shah.
- More legislators, including Assembly Speaker T. Satyabrata and other BJP and allied MLAs, were flying in on Sunday to join the delegation, according to party sources and PTI.
- Biren Singh said the team will brief central leaders on the law-and-order situation, rehabilitation of internally displaced people, and reopening of key highways as priorities for normalization.
- BJP MLA Th. Shyamkumar warned that if the Centre does not restore an elected administration, party MLAs may be left with no option but to resign.
- Manipur remains under President’s Rule extended from August 13, 2025, and sources say the Centre could decide on government formation within days as meetings are slated in New Delhi.