Lotus Wilts in Loktak
Outlook|June 29, 2020
Former CM ibobi Sigh of Congress (left) and CM N. Biren Singh, who leads the BJp alliance
Abdul Gani
Lotus Wilts in Loktak

MANIPUR

In the hills and val­ leys of the north­ east, as the saying goes, politics gets as fickle as the weather in the region. It took the BJP barely three years to find out that it’s easier to rise to the top than staying put. And this is only about Manipur.

On June 18, the Congress staked claim to form a government in the northeastern state, a day after the BJP­led government was reduced to a minority in dramatic and quick­changing developments.

This story is from the June 29, 2020 edition of Outlook.

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