The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) high command has once again summoned to Delhi the caretaker Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren, and a senior BJP MLA, T. Bishwajit, on Saturday. Both left Imphal by different flights. Both declined to speak to the press about the sudden directive.
They were earlier summoned on Tuesday in connection with the selection of the State’s next Chief Minister and went to Delhi by a chartered flight, accompanied by State BJP president A. Sharda, to return after two days in separate commercial flights. Mr. Bishwajit returned by a morning flight, and Mr. Biren and Ms. Sharda returned by an evening flight at the time.
When asked by reporters, Ms. Sharda said, “There is no mystery in the two flights. When we got the instructions from Delhi, it was too late for commercial flight tickets, so we had to hire one chartered flight. But we could buy the commercial tickets for the journey back.” Their return by separate flights remains unexplained.
