Govindas said that grassroots level workers cannot be set aside in strengthening the party.

Konthojam was appointed as president of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee by Congress president Sonia  Gandhi on Monday in the presence of outgoing president M Okendro Singh and other senior Congress leaders.

The MPCC to fly the Congress party flag at half-mast for three days as a mark of respect to the departed leader.

‘Returning officer can be booked for clearing scrutiny of in-service person’

Kishan Congress MPCC chairman Laitonjam Thoiba said that the sit-in protest will be a part of the nationwide protests against the controversial farmers bills.

Imo said the Congress party should have expelled him soon after the Rajya Sabha election if they really wanted to remove him from the party.

The Congress MLAs led by Th Lokeshwar Singh and K Meghachandra among others submitted the written petition to the secretary Manipur Legislative Assembly.

"Amid the pandemic, the people across the country have been suffering due to the outbreak of COVID-19. On the other hand, the BJP government has hiked the price of petrol and diesel."