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Parliament has approved a statutory resolution to extend President’s Rule in Manipur for another six months beyond August 13.
The resolution, which was passed by the Lok Sabha last week, was approved by the Rajya Sabha, amid uproar by Opposition members over the issue of electoral rolls revision in Bihar.
As Opposition MPs continued their protests on SIR, Deputy Chairman Harivansh said it was a ‘constitutional obligation’ to pass the resolution.
“It’s a statutory resolution. All of us, as MPs, have to follow constitutional provisions. These have a time limit within which it has to be disposed of…” Harivansh said.
He then asked Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party member Subhash Chandra Bose Pilli to speak on the resolution.
Opposition MPs however started raising slogans against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls exercise with TMP MPs raising slogans while standing next to the YSRCP member.
Biju Janata Dal MP Muzibulla Khan said, “When Manipur law and order situation was bad, Article 356 was imposed. Today, the situation of law and order in Odisha is bad…”
“Double engine government in Manipur failed…. Has the situation improved after so many months of President’s Rule or not? Minister should inform us… The Centre should take responsibility, removing an elected government and imposing President’s Rule repeatedly is also not good,” he said.
