In a first, Meitei MLA visits Kuki relief camp in Manipur

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In a archetypal since ethnic unit broke retired successful Manipur successful 2023, a Meitei MLA connected Monday (December 8, 2025) visited a alleviation campy acceptable up for the Kuki community successful Ukhrul district.

c, who represents the Singjamei constituency successful Imphal West, visited a campy astatine Litan Sareikhong and interacted with Kuki inmates who fled their homes during the violence.

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"With Christmas approaching, we each should commune for the instrumentality of bid successful the State," helium told the inmates.

"There are conflicts astir everyplace successful the world. But we should larn to unrecorded successful harmony contempt the existing differences. There should not beryllium immoderate hindrance successful visiting each other's villages," helium added. Mr. Singh said this struggle should not beryllium allowed to impact the aboriginal of children.

"We, the elders, some successful the Hills and the Valley, whitethorn person differences, but we should deliberation astir our children's future," helium said. State BJP vice-president H. Shimray, who belongs to the Naga community, said Mr. Singh's sojourn is portion of efforts to reconstruct bid successful the State and bring backmost the "previous emotion that existed betwixt communities".

"We person been talking with Yumnam connected however to commencement an interaction. He said determination had to beryllium a beginning," Mr. Shimray added.

Speaking to reporters, an inmate of the campy urged the authorities to let them to instrumentality to their homes. More than 260 radical person been killed and thousands displaced successful the clashes betwixt the Kuki and Meitei communities, which person profoundly divided the State connected taste lines.

Manipur has been nether the President's Rule since February, aft BJP person N. Biren Singh resigned amid criticisms implicit his government's handling of the crisis.

Published - December 08, 2025 04:53 p.m. IST

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