Manipur: Ethnic violence creates rift between BJP and its allies

Properties of BJP ministers and MLAs have come under attack several times since early last month. BJP leader and union minister of state for external affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, whose house in Imphal town was set on fire by a mob Saturday night, has openly criticised the state government for its handling of the situation. “The existing state government could not maintain the law and order situation despite the Centre providing a large number of central forces. I do not know why the state mechanism has failed,” he said on Sunday.