Government of India has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the case of Manipur Government in exile named ‘Manipur state council’, reports The Sangai Express on November 20. It is headed by self-styled ‘chief minister’ Yambem Biren, ‘external affairs’ and ‘defence minister’ Narengbam Samarjit. Y Biren and N Samarjit announced formation of a Government in exile in London on October 29, 2019. They claimed that they have been granted political asylum in the UK in August this year and that after getting their asylum status in the UK, "the de jure Government is shifted from Manipur to London". They also added that “We believe that now is the right time to make public the Independent Government of Manipur before the international community and seek recognition. We call on all the Governments of the sovereign States of the members of the United Nations for their recognition of the de jure and exile Government of Manipur from today onward”.