Manipur's BJP govt extends complete lockdown till Aug 31; active COVID cases at 1825

In a massive development, Manipur government, on Saturday has extended complete lockdown in state till August 31, 2020, amid rise of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. government circular states that all activities will be banned except those listed in annexure of National Directives. government has also directed commissioners to impose curfew from 5 PM to 6 AM in respective districts. Manipur currently has 1825 active cases, 2360 cured cases and 13 deaths.

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Manipur extends complete lockdown

Six Manipur Congress MLAs give up Assembly membership, resign from Party

Manipur govt wins confidence vote

Earlier on Manipur,   N Biren Singh-led government in Manipur won motion of confidence by voice vote. In retaliation, , two Congress legislators Th Lokeshwar and Mirabai Devi reportedly threw chairs and benches in Assembly alleging that confidence motion was t conducted properly. After this, Six Congress MLAs -  Okram Henry Singh,  Oinam Lukhoi, Md Abdul Nasir, Paonam Brojen, Ngamthang Haokip, and Ginsuanhau resigned from Legislative Assembly and also quit party on Tuesday. It has been accepted by Speaker.

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Manipur govt crisis

On June 17,  BJP MLAs S Subhashchandra Singh, TT Haokip and Samuel Jendai, TMC MLA T Robindro Singh resigned, while 4 NPP MLAs and Independent MLA Ashab Uddin withdrew support from Biren Singh government. Later, y extended ir support to Congress party. A day later, former CM Okram Ibobi Singh wrote to Goverr Najma Heptulla staking claim to form government.

With intervention of  NEDA conver and Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, NPP chief and Meghalaya CM Conr Sangma met with former BJP chief Amit Shah and renewed its support to BJP. After NPP's support, BJP-led alliance h 30 MLAs (including Speaker) in reduced 51-member Manipur Assembly). assembly's strength was reduced from 60 to 51 after resignation of three BJP MLAs and disqualification of 6 MLAs.

Manipur reports highest one-day spike of 249 COVID cases, two deaths

After coalition was renewed, BJP won a high-stakes battle for Rajya Sabha seat in Manipur, with Leisamba Sanajaoba secured 28 votes as against 24 votes received by Congress' minee T Mangibabu. Later, Goverr Najma Heptulla reallocated portfolios to NPP MLA and Deputy CM Y Joykumar Singh - taking charge of Finance, Science and Techlogy, and Ecomics and Statistics. On or hand, CM Biren Singh retained portfolios such as Home, Transport, Tourism, Mirity Affairs, Information Techlogy, etc. NPP h tussled with CM Biren Singh after Deputy CM Joykumar Singh was divested of all portfolios after he allegedly described chief minister’s assurance of food security during lockdown as “hogwash” and “gibberish”, as per reports.