Manipur CM visits violence-hit Jiribam, says must rebuild concept of Manipuri ‘someone is trying to destroy’

Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) visited Jiribam territory and interacted with violence-scarred radical from the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities arsenic portion of a peace-building mission.

The outreach astatine Jiribam, bordering confederate Assam’s Barak Valley, was the archetypal for the State’s Chief Minister since divisive taste unit broke retired connected May 3, 2023, sidesplitting much than 260 radical and displacing immoderate 62,000 others.

Mr. Singh archetypal met internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Meitei assemblage staying astatine Jiribam Higher Secondary School and past interacted with Kuki-Zo-Hmar IDPs. He besides visited Jairalpokpi, a Kuki-Zo-Hmar colony that witnessed wide unit and arson successful 2023.

The sojourn forms portion of the State government’s broader effort to foster dialog and rebuild spot among affected communities, helium said.

The Chief Minister urged inmates of the alleviation camps to enactment towards removing the spot deficit. “Jiribam is the gateway to Manipur and has the imaginable to go a concern hub. For the concern to flourish, bid has to travel first,” helium said.

“Let america see the past 2 years were a nightmare, fto america hide it and person the courageousness to determination guardant towards bid and development,” Mr. Singh said astatine a Hmar village.

“First, we are Indian, and past we are Manipuri. We tin beryllium Manipuri Naga, Manipuri Kuki, and Manipuri Meitei. We request to rebuild the conception of Manipuri idiosyncratic is trying to destroy,” helium said.

The Hmar villagers assured their enactment to his authorities and urged him to instrumentality attraction of the needs of the tribal village, peculiarly the schoolhouse building.

The Chief Minister told the IDPs that their concerns are being addressed by the territory authorities. He said the houses being constructed for stateless IDPs are expected to beryllium completed by March.

Meanwhile, nary untoward incidental was reported from the Litan country of Manipur’s Ukhrul district, wherever an incidental of battle connected Saturday (February 7, 2026) led to a localised Kuki-Naga conflict. About 40 houses were torched implicit the adjacent 3 days, forcing galore villagers to fly to safer places.

Internet services, including broadband, proceed to beryllium suspended successful the district.