As Manipur lives on the edge, chief minister N Biren Singh on Saturday made a massive blunder after he made a somewhat ‘racial’ reply to an individual hailing from Manipur, belonging to the Kuki tribe.

In a now deleted tweet, Singh asked the individual - “Are you from India or Myanmar (smiley emoji)?” after the latter commented on his tweet where he informed that he will not be resigning as the chief minister of Manipur.

Check the tweets below -

Netizens have strongly criticized the attitude of the chief minister saying that words like these can further fuel tensions in the already volatile environment.

On Friday, a huge drama unfolded after rumors started cropping up about Singh resigning from the post of CM. He had made up his mind of resigning from his post, however, a massive crowd gathered outside his residence, and provided support to his government.

As the Chief Minister departed from his residence, accompanied by 20 MLAs, intending to meet the Governor, he was compelled to turn back due to the impassable crowd. After a while, a group of ministers, led by the Minister of Public Works Department (PWD), emerged to address the assembled gathering.

Minister Susidro Metitei took charge of reading aloud the resignation letter, which had been prepared for submission to the Governor. Subsequently, the paper was entrusted to several women present in the crowd, who proceeded to tear it apart.

Following this, Singh tweeted, “At this crucial juncture, I wish to clarify that I will not be resigning from the post of Chief Minister.”

The post received mixed reactions and one of the reactions was of the individual that Singh had replied to.