Overview

• The NPP chief arrived on October 9 and plans meetings with party MLAs, leaders, influential figures, and CSOs from Meitei and Kuki‑Zo communities to assess the political situation.
• He said any decision on backing a BJP‑led government would follow consultations with NPP legislators.
• Party sources said he is likely to visit relief camps to meet people displaced by the violence.
• This is his first visit to the state since President’s Rule was imposed on February 13 after N. Biren Singh resigned.
• The NPP now has about six MLAs in the 60‑member Assembly after the death of N. Kayisii, while the BJP holds 37.