Nongthombam Biren Singh, Manipur’s Chief Minister  has resigned as the Chief Minister of the State on February 9, Sunday.

In a resignation letter submitted to the Governor of Manipur, stated the submission of his resign where he expressed honor in serving the people of Manipur. “I am extremely grateful to the Central government for timely actions, interventions, developmental work and implementation of various projects for safeguarding the interest of every single Manipuri. My sincere request to the Central government through your good office is to continue with the same,” stated Singh.

Amid continuous crisis and violence in the State, Singh who served as the 12^th CM of Manipur, tendered his resignation.

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Singh also took the opportunity to highlight some key issues:

1. To maintain the territorial integrity of Manipur which has a rich and diverse civilizational history over thousands of years.
2. To crack down on border infiltration and to formulate policy for the deportation of the illegal immigrants.
3. To continue the fight against drugs and narco terrorism.
4. To continue the stringent and fool-proof revised mechanism of FMR with the biometric being stringently applied.
5. Time bound and faster border which is underway.