President’s Rule in Manipur to be extended for another six months
New Delhi: The President’s Rule in Manipur will be extended for another six months, starting from August 13, 2025.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the decision came after Indian Home Minister Amit Shah moved a resolution in the Lok Sabha seeking approval for the extension. The House admitted the notice and passed the resolution.
The President’s Rule was initially imposed in Manipur on February 13, 2025, following prolonged ethnic violence and a breakdown of the state’s administrative machinery.
The violence started in the state in 2023 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised against the high court order.
Manipur was placed under President’s Rule after the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to reach a consensus on a successor to N. Biren Singh, who had resigned as Chief Minister on February 9.
He stepped down just a day before his government was due to face a no-confidence motion and a critical floor test. The resignation followed nearly two years of ethnic violence in the state, beginning in May 2023, and came amid increasing pressure from the opposition, which had been demanding Singh’s removal.
In April, 21 MLAs from the state wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Shah, demanding the immediate installation of a “popular government”
Many civil society organisations have come out openly against the imposition of President’s Rule. They have been demanding the installation of a popular government in the state,” the MLAs wrote jointly. The ethnic violence between the Kuki-Zo and Meitei people that erupted in the state on May 3, 2023, has claimed the lives of 250 people and displaced more than 60,000 people from their homes.
