Fare thee well, Biren Singh

front at Yangnangpokpi and at Kadangban. On the western side. On the eastern front the attack was repulsed by the village volunteers and the state

- YAMBEIVI LABA

included his state of Manipur being figured in a resolution of the European Parliament, which had met in Paris in 2023. Normally public apologies by leaders are rendered at the gag end of their tenure or careers in office. So much so in Manipuri, which goes like this: "Seeking forgiveness for having said words not meant to be spoken and for not having spoken words that were meant to have been said (Haigandouba wean a haikhiba, hairoidouba wan a haikhiba). But to Biren Singh, he wanted to use it as a ruse to continue in power with the axiom, after all, I have apologised. Then he went on to handle his X-Handle and heaped all the predicaments that his government and Manipur are facing today on the previous Congress regime of which he was a part from 2002 till 2017 as a cabinet minister and confidante. So much so that when Biren Singh's son shot a boy dead in a road rage incident, then CM Ibobi Singh went overboard to cover him up with a valid gun license, it was rumoured.