President's Rule In Manipur: 'President's rule was the only option in the state', defense experts said after CM Biren Singh's resignation

What the defense experts were predicting after the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, finally happened in Manipur. The President issued a notification of the President's rule in Manipur on Thursday. After the resignation of the Chief Minister, the political crisis in the state for the last four days was resolved. Defense experts said, given the kind of situation in Manipur, there was no other option left except the President's rule. Because the situation there had deteriorated a lot.

Defense expert Colonel Navinder Narang (Retd) said the president's rule was the only option left given the difficult conditions Manipur was going through. The way people are divided into the hills and valleys there. Constant questions were being raised on the security agencies and their morale was falling. Now it will be easier for the army to carry out operations. There were some obstacles before the President's rule, but now all of them are over. Now everyone will have to cooperate in the interest of the country.

A former senior Air Force officer said, definitely the situation there was definitely not good. The government had to take concrete steps, and finally, it did. Now we will have to work together to normalize the situation. It is worth mentioning that the President's rule has been imposed ten times in Manipur before this.

Congress was demanding the President's rule for 20 months: Jairam

After the imposition of the President's rule in Manipur, a sharp reaction has come from the Congress. Attacking the central government, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said that it was demanding the President's rule in the state for the last 20 months.