Manipur Chief Minister Yomnam Khemchand on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on the steps taken by the new state government to bring peace and harmony in the region affected by ethnic violence.
In a post on X, the Manipur government described the meeting as an important milestone in the ongoing efforts to accelerate overall growth and development in Manipur. She added that Khimchand briefed Modi on the measures taken to restore peace, stability and communal harmony across Manipur.
Khimchand’s MPs, Nimsha Kipgen and Lucy Dekho, accompanied him to the meeting with Modi, the first since the new state government took office. The three invited Modi to visit the state.
Kemchand held a series of meetings with Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP president Nitin Nabin in New Delhi.
Kemchand, from the dominant Meitei community, was sworn in this month as prime minister a year after imposing president’s rule in the state in 2025 amid ethnic violence.
Ethnic clashes broke out in May 2023 and resulted in the deaths of approximately 260 people and the displacement of 60,000. It broke out first among the Métis and Kuki tribal communities before encompassing almost every community and leading to the creation of ethnic enclaves and the de facto division of the state.
The Meiteis live largely in the plains of the Imphal Valley, and the Kukis live in the hills. They withdrew to their strongholds after the violence began.
Biren Singh resigned from his post as prime minister last year, a week before the President’s Act was imposed, amid escalating internal discord and the threat of a no-confidence motion.
