Parliament approves extension of President’s Rule in Manipur for six months amid Opposition protests over electoral roll controversy, citing law and order concerns in the violence-hit state.
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MANIPUR: Parliament on Tuesday extended President’s Rule in Manipur for another six months beyond August 13, 2025, citing continued security and law and order concerns in the state.
The statutory resolution, which had already been cleared by the Lok Sabha last week, was approved by the Rajya Sabha amid intense uproar from the Opposition over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
As Opposition MPs continued their protests, Deputy Chairman Harivansh reminded the House that passing the resolution was a “constitutional obligation.”
“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,”
he said.
Despite protests, the discussion proceeded with Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) MP Subhash Chandra Bose Pilli speaking on the resolution while Opposition MPs raised slogans, particularly against the SIR exercise.
Participating in the debate, BJD MP Muzibulla Khan questioned the Centre’s approach:
“When Manipur’s law and order situation was bad, Article 356 was imposed. Today, the situation in Odisha is bad… Has the situation improved after so many months of President’s Rule or not? Removing an elected government repeatedly is not good,”
he said.
Moving the resolution, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai explained that the ethnic conflict in Manipur stemmed from a High Court order on reservation disputes, which created a rift between the two communities.
“Those who say it is religious violence are wrong,”
he asserted.
He further informed the House that Home Minister Amit Shah had toured violence-affected areas, meeting officials, security forces, and civil society members.
“Since the President’s Rule was imposed, only one incident of violence has been reported,”
Rai claimed, highlighting that the Northeast has witnessed significant development under the Narendra Modi-led government.
Apart from the Manipur resolution, the Rajya Sabha also passed another resolution amending the Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, moved by Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary.
Background: Manipur Crisis
Manipur was placed under President’s Rule in February 2025 after Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned, nearly two years after ethnic clashes erupted between the valley-based Meitei community and the hill-based Kuki-Zo tribes.
The Rajya Sabha approved a statutory resolution to extend President’s Rule in Manipur for another six months beyond August 13, 2025, following its earlier passage in the Lok Sabha. The decision was taken amid uproar in Parliament over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, which led to heated protests from Opposition members.
Defending the move, the government asserted that the law and order situation in Manipur has improved significantly, with only one incident of violence reported since the imposition of President’s Rule.
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