Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday held a meeting with senior officials in the national capital on the security situation in Manipur.
According to a report in ANI, the Home Minister will hold a detailed meeting over the Manipur situation on Monday (November 18).
Shah had cancelled his rallies in poll-bound Maharashtra on Sunday and headed back to Delhi as the situation in Manipur continued to be volatile, PTI reported quoting sources.
On Saturday, irate mobs set fire to the residences of three more BJP legislators, one of whom is a senior minister, and a Congress MLA in various districts of Imphal Valley even as security forces foiled an attempt by agitators to storm the ancestral residence of Chief Minister N Biren Singh.
Shah was supposed to attend a few election rallies as part of the BJP’s campaign in Maharashtra but he has cancelled them and is returning to the national capital, the report said.
A team of central security officers is expected to visit Manipur soon to assess the situation and assist the state government in tackling the situation.
The meeting comes amid reports that Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma-led National People’s Party on Sunday withdrew support to BJP-led Manipur government, blaming N Biren Singh amid unrest. NPP has 7 MLAs while the BJP has a majority of its own so this development poses no threat to the Manipur Government.
