When looked collectively at the Articles of the Constitution, the locus of power was not at the hand of the king and the then king Bodhchandra informed the same to the then Assam Governor Prakash through a letter, the CorCom said, while recalling various Articles of Manipur Constitution which handed executive authority to the Council of Ministers and the king was powerless and could not take personal decision on the status of Manipur or transfer of administration of Manipur state Source Chronicle News Service
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