Overview
- Home minister Amit Shah met in New Delhi with Governor Ajay Bhalla, security adviser Kuldiep Singh, DGP Rajiv Singh and Chief Secretary P K (Puneet) Goel for a detailed review of Manipur’s situation.
- Officials said the session was significant because President’s Rule ends on February 13 and the Centre is considering an extension.
- The briefing covered a phase-wise return of internally displaced people, with funds released to district magistrates and a high-level committee monitoring reconstruction.
- Authorities noted that gunfire targeted villages within a day of the first Meitei families returning near a buffer zone last month, and security forces remain on high alert.
- The Home Ministry has extended the Commission of Inquiry’s deadline to May 20, 2026, as the state continues to reckon with nearly two years of violence that left about 260 dead and roughly 50,000 displaced.