Manipur dy CM stripped off all his portfolios

IMPHAL: Manipur deputy chief minister

Yumnam Joykumar

has been stripped of all his

portfolios

for allegedly making derogatory remarks against CM N Biren Singh.

In a video that went viral, Joykumar reportedly labelled Biren as a "lunatic" when some women of Uripok assembly constituency in

Imphal West

complained to him that they are not receiving the quantity of rice promised by the CM during lockdown.

A notification issued by Manipur chief secretary J Suresh Babu on Thursday said, "The Governor of Manipur, on the advice of the chief minister Manipur, is pleased to reallocate the portfolios earlier held by the deputy CM, including MAHUD, forest, environment & climate change, science & technology and economic & statistics."