Manipur: NPP says Cong faked support, Ibobi ready to quit
March 13, 2017  17:30
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Changing his stand, Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has said that he will resign on Tuesday.

Earlier, Governor Najma Heptulla had said that she has not received Singh's resignation yet and added that only then the process of government formation can begin.

"I have not received, till today, any resignation letter from the Chief Minister, though yesterday I told him that the process of formation of the government will begin once he resigns," Heptullah said.

Singh, however, had refused to resign, claiming that he had numbers to form a government.

The governor informed that she was approached by the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders along with its supporters to stake claim to form the government.

"Along with one LJP (Lok Janshakti Party) MLA, the four MLAs of the NPP (National Peoples Party), one MLA from the Trinamool Congress and one MLA from the Congress called on me. The president of NPP spoke to me on telephone and sent the letter of support to BJP-led government to the governors house. I was satisfied that they have the support of 32 MLAs," she said.

Heptullah further said that the chief minister came to meet her post the meeting with the BJP-led delegation to form the government in the state.

"After an hour the chief minister came to meet me with his deputy CM and party president with a letter to claim that he should be called because he is the single largest party, they also brought a letter on behalf of NPP signed by two people, secretary and the president, and When I saw that letter, I told him that he cannot bring the letter on behalf of NPP and they should personally come over here," she said.

Later, NPP leader Conrad Sangma said that Congress' letter to governor claiming his party's support was a fake.

Heptullah further said that the Election Commission of India will give her a notification with a list of elected members and only then she will start the process. -- Agencies
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