Overview
- Yumnam Khemchand Singh visited Litan in Ukhrul, Chassad in Kamjong, and the Litan Sareikhong Baptist Church relief camp on December 8.
- Local leaders and media described it as the first entry by a Meitei BJP MLA into a Kuki relief camp since the 2023 ethnic violence.
- Camp organisers and Kuki Inpi Ukhrul condemned the unannounced stop as a breach of protocol and called it opportunistic.
- Singh urged prayers for peace ahead of Christmas and said the conflict should not derail development or the future of children.
- He was accompanied by state BJP vice president Hopingson Shimray, and his past work includes securing a central package for 7,000 houses for the displaced; Manipur remains under President’s Rule after violence that killed over 260 and displaced tens of thousands.