Shah to move statutory resolution in LS seeking extension of President's Rule in Manipur

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah will move a statutory resolution in Lok Sabha on Wednesday seeking extension of President's Rule in ethnic violence-hit Manipur.

Shah will be moving the resolution, which reads, "That this House approves the continuance in force of the Proclamation, dated the 13th February, 2025 in respect of Manipur, issued under article 356 of the Constitution by the President, for a further period of six months with effect from 13th August, 2025.”

A statutory resolution is a proposal made in Parliament or a state assembly or council, which is based on a specific provision in the Constitution or an Act of Parliament.

As per the Constitution, a proclamation of President's Rule need to get Parliament approval for every six months and the present deadline ends on August 13.

President's rule was imposed in Manipur on February 13 and the assembly put under suspended animation, days after N Biren Singh resigned as Chief Minister. BJP has not managed to find a successor to Singh so far.

Recently, BJP MPs had met Governor Ajay Bhalla, a former Union Home Secretary, but government and BJP sources had indicated that they are not in a hurry to lift the President's Rule in the north-eastern state, as the situation is not conducive to forming a new government.