Overview
- BJP MLA Yumnam Khemchand Singh visited Litan in Ukhrul and Chassad in Kamjong, meeting residents and camp inmates on Monday.
- Multiple reports described the trip as the first instance since May 2023 of a Meitei leader initiating direct people-to-people contact with Kuki communities.
- At the Litan Sareikhong Baptist Church relief camp, he urged prayers for peace and said the conflict should not derail children’s futures.
- State BJP vice president Hopingson Shimray accompanied and praised the gesture, and Naga leader Mark Luithing also noted the outreach as a rare beginning.
- The 2023 violence left more than 260 dead and tens of thousands displaced, and Singh’s prior role includes securing a central package to build 7,000 houses for the homeless.