Days ahead of the end of President’s rule in Manipur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday elected Yumnam Khemchand Singh as its legislature party leader during the Manipur Legislative Party meeting held at the party’s headquarters in Delhi. Singh will be sworn in as the new Manipur government.
Following Singh’s election as the leader of the Legislative Party, a meeting of NDA partners in Manipur was also held. President’s rule was imposed in Manipur on February 13 last year and was later extended by Parliament in August last year for another six months.
Ahead of the meeting, former Manipur CM N Biren Singh said that the government is a continuing process and that he tried his best to change the landscape of Manipur.
Notably, under Biren Singh’s tenure, the state witnessed massive ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki Zomi communities.
Women were paraded naked and hundreds were killed as the violence continued for around two years. Thousands were rendered homeless as the violence resulted in Biren Singh’s resignation.
President’s Rule was imposed in the northeastern state on February 13, 2025, after Biren Singh stepped down as Chief Minister.
In December last year, the Union Home Ministry gave another extension to the Commission of Inquiry probing the ethnic violence in Manipur, instructing it to submit its report “as soon as possible, but no later than May 20, 2026.”
The commission is tasked with probing the ethnic violence that erupted in Manipur on May 3, 2023, examining its causes as well as the authorities’ response.