Manipur Assembly pays obituary reference to 15 leaders, including former PM Manmohan Singh
Imphal (PTI): The Manipur Assembly on Monday paid obituary reference to 15 leaders who had passed away in 2025 and 2026.
Both ruling and opposition party leaders participated in the obituary reference to pay solemn tributes to the departed leaders, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh, two sitting MLAs Vungzagin Valte and N Kayisii and former ministers.
Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh told the House, "The passing away of former prime minister Manmohan Singh is a great loss to the nation."
The CM also paid obituary references to Valte, who died last month in a private hospital in Gurugram. He said, "Vungzagin Valte passed away due to injuries sustained in an unfortunate incident. His passing away deeply affects us."
The session was also attended by deputy chief minister Nemcha Kipgen, BJP MLAs LM Khaute, N Sanate and Kuki Peoples' Alliance MLA Kimneo Hangshing attended the session "virtually", officials said.
The Manipur Assembly session, which resumed on Monday, will end on March 17. It will have seven sittings and will see the presentation of budget estimates for 2026-27, presentation of supplementary demand for grants 2025-26 and presentation of business advisory committee report, amongst others.
A previous one-day session was held on February 5, a day after Y Khemchand Singh was sworn in as the chief minister of the state.
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Bypoll results will decide the future of Congress in Karnataka: BJP leader Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): Leader of Opposition BJP in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka said the results of the bypolls in Davanagere South and Bagalkote assembly constituencies will decide the future of the ruling Congress in the state.
The bypolls were necessitated following the demise of sitting Congress MLAs Shamanur Shivashankarappa and H Y Meti, who represented Davanagere South and Bagalkote constituencies respectively.
The ruling Congress has fielded Shamanur Shivashankarappa’s grandson and Karnataka Minister S S Mallikarjun’s son Samarth Shamanur in Davanagere South and Umesh Meti in Bagalkote, who are locked in a direct contest with BJP candidates T Dasakariyappa and Veerabhadrayya Charantimath.
According to Ashoka, there is a contest between the poor and the rich in the upcoming bypolls, scheduled on April 9.
"The Congress will lose this election, and the future of the state will be decided. Since Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said ‘Make the poor win’, the BJP has fielded poor candidates,” the BJP leader said in a press conference.
In Davanagere, the BJP has given a ticket to an ordinary person, whereas Congress has given tickets to powerful and influential people. In Bagalkote, there is a very good opinion about the BJP candidate, he claimed.
According to him, the Congress has given space to dynastic politics in both places. Therefore, the BJP has a strong chance of winning in both constituencies.
The LoP said if the Congress candidate wins in Davanagere, it is understood that Muslims will not get opportunities in the future, and therefore, Muslims are opposing the Congress party.
He also charged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who talks about uniting backward classes, has not given a ticket to backward class candidates.
