Overview

• President’s Rule has kept the 60-member assembly suspended since February 13 and will remain until its term ends in 2027.
• Singh stated an elected government is necessary to tackle ongoing security challenges and provide relief to displaced communities.
• BJP’s North East in-charge Sambit Patra and Rajya Sabha member Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba have met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to press for democratic restoration.
• The Rajya Sabha approved a six-month extension of President’s Rule this week after the Lok Sabha’s earlier endorsement.
• For the first time since 2023 clashes, Thadou and Meitei civil society groups convened in Imphal to chart a roadmap for coexistence and IDP rehabilitation.