Ethnic Conflict in Northeast India

President’s rule imposed in Manipur: What is the provision, its history​

What is the process of imposing President’s Rule? How has this tool been used in the past? Are there guidelines to ensure that the Centre’s power is not abused?​

Following the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday (February 9), President’s Rule was imposed in the state on Thursday evening, PTI reported by citing a Home Ministry notification.

In the days since the CM’s resignation, it was believed that if the party failed to find a consensus CM candidate, the state may have to be put under President’s rule. It was a situation that the

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was hoping to avoid,

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told

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. Support for Biren Singh had dwindled in the state recently. Many within his party also criticised the leader following the outbreak of conflict in May 2023.

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How is President’s Rule imposed and under what conditions can this be done? We explain.

The imposition of President’s Rule under Article 356 effectively transfers all the functions of the state government to the Centre and the function of the state legislature to Parliament during the period when it is in force. The only exception to this is the functioning of High Courts, which remains unchanged.

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