Leading tribal body asks Centre to impose President’s Rule in Manipur

Imphal, Jan 25: After ruling and opposition MLAs jointly assured ‘Arambai Tenggol’, a powerful radical Meitei organisation, to urge the Central government to resolve the Manipur crisis, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF), an apex body of tribals, has once again asked the Centre to promulgate President’s Rule in the state.

The ITLF said that the imposition of President’s Rule is the only way the Central government can prevent total anarchy in Manipur.

“If President’s Rule is not imposed now, then when," the influential tribal body asked. Senior ITLF leader and spokesman Ginza Vualzong claimed that Manipur police and central security forces remained mute spectators as Arambai Tenggol leader Korounganba Khuman arrived at the venue at Kangla Fort in Imphal City in a police vehicle, and the group (Arambai Tenggol) proceeded to conduct an oath-taking ceremony for the MLAs.