Manipur House to be dissolved

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 4. The Union Cabinet today decided to recommend to the President, Mr. K.R. Narayanan, dissolution of the Manipur Assembly, clearing the decks for holding elections in the north- eastern State, which has recently been in the grip of unrest, political instability, financial crisis and violence.

At a meeting of the Union Cabinet, presided over by the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, the recommendation made by the Manipur Governor, Mr. Ved Marwah, for dissolution of the Assembly was accepted.

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