Officials said on Tuesday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned senior government leader and former Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in connection with an FIR registered in November 2019 for alleged misuse of government money worth Rs 332 crore.
Singh has been asked to appear before the agency on Wednesday. A CBI team had already reached Manipur to interrogate Ibobi Singh and government officials.
The development came less than a week after the Congress submitted its claim to form a government under Ibobi Singh in Manipur after three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs resigned and six others led by Chief Minister Biren Singh Withdrawal of support to ruling coalition, government in minority
Last week, the Congress submitted an application to Governor Najma Heptulla requesting a Special Assembly session for a no-confidence motion against the government.
Assam’s health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief troublemaker of the BJP in the Northeast, who was sent on a fire mission in Imphal, on Monday denied any threat to the Biren Singh-led coalition government in Manipur and said that in Manipur Political crisis in next two-three days
In the 60-member legislative assembly, the BJP’s strength has gone up to 18 and it has the support of five more MPs.
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