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Ailing Kuki-Zo MLA Vungzagin Valte was connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) airlifted from Manipur’s superior Imphal to New Delhi for precocious attraction astatine a backstage infirmary successful Gurugram.
Mr. Valte, who represents the Thanlon Assembly constituency for the Bharatiya Janata Party, sustained grievous injuries during the May 2023 taste unit successful Imphal and had been staying successful Churachandpur pursuing prolonged attraction successful New Delhi.
A Manipur authorities spokesperson said his wellness information deteriorated connected Saturday, (February 7, 2026) pursuing which helium was rushed to the Churachandpur Medical College Hospital, wherever helium was admitted to the intensive attraction portion for stabilisation.
Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh monitored Mr. Valte’s wellness information passim the nighttime and sent an precocious life-support ambulance on with a squad of doctors from Imphal to Churachandpur astir midnight.
“Through teleconferencing, doctors from Imphal remained successful changeless interaction with the aesculapian squad astatine the Churachandpur Medical College Hospital. The Chief Minister arranged an aerial ambulance to evacuate the MLA, but his information remained captious during the night,” the spokesperson said.
Mr. Valte was shifted from the Churachandpur infirmary astir 3 p.m. connected Sunday, aft his information showed improvement. The district’s Deputy Commissioner accompanied him portion 2 BJP legislators — Tongbram Robindro Singh and Sanasam Premchandra Singh — escorted him from a colony en way to the Imphal airport.
The Chief Minister received Mr. Valte astatine the Imphal airdrome astir 4.20 p.m. and interacted with members of his family. “I volition hold for your instrumentality aft you person afloat recovered,” helium told the MLA earlier seeing him disconnected astir 10 minutes later.
This was the archetypal sojourn of Mr. Valte, albeit successful an ambulance, to the Imphal Valley successful astir 3 years since the taste unit betwixt the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities broke retired connected May 3, 2023. The struggle near much than 260 radical dormant and 62,000 others displaced.
