Manipur MLA resigns from Congress, Assembly

Ruling Congress MLA N Biren today resigned from the party and the Assembly in protest against the Okram Ibobi Singh government's "inability" to tackle burning public issues.
The legislator of Heingang constituency in Imphal West district told a press conference that the Congress government failed to tackle issues like settlement on differences between communities over passing of new bills to protect the indigenous people of Manipur.
He said bodies of nine persons, killed in police firing in Churachandpur on August 31, 2015, were still lying in hospital there and their last rites were not performed, though one year has passed.

They died in police firing after an agitation protesting against three Bills brought in by the Congress government to meet the Inner Line Permit demand.
Biren also asked the Ibobi government to give reason for letting free 3 NSCN-IM cadres who were arrested with arms in Senapati district late last month.
To resign from Assembly, he submitted a letter to Speaker Th Lokeshor Singh and another one to state Congress chief T N Haokip to quit the party.