Imphal, Nov. 9 -- Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader K. Meghachandra Singh called on the leaders of the BJP-led government to surrender their authority, citing acute governance failures, unfulfilled financial promises and an inability to resolve the prolonged ethnic crisis.

Speaking to the press at his residence in Yairipok, Thoubal district, on November 9, the opposition leader said the ruling administration continued to issue false assurances while the general public endured immense suffering.

He said that despite budgetary allocations of Rs 350 crore for women's empowerment in the state Assembly, the government had failed to fulfil its widely publicised promises.

The MPCC ...