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Campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful confederate Assam’s Cachar territory connected Sunday (April 5, 2026), Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh projected Prime Minister Narendra Modi arsenic the protector of his State’s bound and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma arsenic a person of Manipuri radical of Assam.
Cachar, which adjoins Jiribam territory of Manipur, has a sizeable colonisation of Manipuri (Meitei) people.
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Mr. Singh urged the Manipuri radical of Cachar to backmost the BJP-led government, underscoring the Chief Minister’s motion successful making Manipuri an subordinate authoritative connection successful Assam.
“People of Cachar ever emotion Manipur. They assistance Manipur successful galore issues, including ILP (Inner-Line Permit, a impermanent question papers required for Indians to participate Manipur) and the inclusion of the Manipuri connection successful the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India,” helium said, portion seeking votes for the BJP’s Udharbond campaigner Rajdeep Goala.
Urging the Manipuri radical to ballot for the ‘accommodative’ BJP nether Mr. Sarma, Mr. Singh praised the Prime Minister for safeguarding Manipur’s territorial integrity.
The Manipur Chief Minister besides campaigned for the BJP’s Hailakandi campaigner Milon Das.
Seven Manipur BJP legislators and State BJP president A. Sharda Devi accompanied the Chief Minister during the campaign.
