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In a motion of restoration of normalcy successful the North-Eastern authorities of Manipur, connected Tuesday (February 3, 2026), Yumnam Khemchand Singh, was elected arsenic the Legislative Party Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a determination seen by galore arsenic the archetypal determination towards bid successful the conflict-hit State, which has been nether President’s regularisation for astir a year.
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Mr. Singh is acceptable to beryllium the 13th Chief Minister of Manipur.
The Manipur BJP successful a station connected societal media level X said, “Heartiest congratulations to Hon’ble Shri @YKhemchandSingh connected being elected arsenic the BJP Legislature Party Leader of Manipur. On behalf of BJP Manipur Pradesh, we privation you large success. Your experience, dedication, and enactment volition further fortify the enactment and service the aspirations of the radical of Manipur.”
Mr. Singh thanked the enactment successful a akin station soon afterwards.
Who is Yumnam Khemchand Singh?
Mr. Singh is simply a salient look successful Manipur authorities and belongs to the Meitei community. He entered authorities successful the aboriginal 2000s arsenic portion of the Democratic Revolutionary People’s Party (DRPP) with erstwhile Chief Minister N. Biren Singh.
Yumnam Khemchand Singh to beryllium Manipur CM successful Imphal aft astir twelvemonth of President's regularisation https://t.co/vQRKKmaZtN
— The Hindu (@the_hindu) February 4, 2026In 2013, helium formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In March 2017, Mr. Singh was elected arsenic the MLA for the Singjamei constituency and aboriginal elected arsenic the Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly.
In March 2022, a fewer years aft serving arsenic Speaker, helium was appointed as a Cabinet Minister, holding portfolios for Education and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
Bridge among communities?
Despite belonging to 1 of the conflict-hit communities, Mr. Singh has been credited for trying to physique bridges with the Kuki-Zo communities by visiting strife-hit villages similar Churachandpur successful December 2025, successful an effort to initiate dialogues.
Controversies
Mr. Singh’s word arsenic Speaker was deed by contention successful 2017, erstwhile 7 Congress MLAs supported the BJP-led authorities without formally resigning from their party
Mr. Singh was tasked with handing disqualification notices to the MLAs for defecting but was accused of “dragging his feet” for adjacent to 3 years.
In 2020, a landmark judgement of the Supreme Court stripped a furniture curate — Th. Shyamkumar of his station due to the fact that the Speaker had allegedly failed to enactment connected his duties.
In June 2020, Mr Singh arsenic Speaker issued aggregate disqualification notices to MLAs and restricted the introduction of respective of them into the House. This led to accusations of him being partisan and not afloat fulfilling the duties of his office.
What volition his assignment mean for Manipur?
His assignment arsenic the Legislative Party Leader and yet Chief Minister is signalling towards an elected-government successful Manipur, a authorities that has been seeing taste unit since 2023 betwixt the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities. The unit has claimed the lives of much than 250 radical and near implicit 60,000 displaced.
