Overview
- Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday visited Litan in Ukhrul and Chassad in Kamjong, becoming the first BJP Meitei MLA reported to enter a Kuki relief camp since the 2023 violence.
- Accompanied by state BJP vice president Hopingson Shimray and local leaders, he presented the trip as a confidence‑building effort and urged communities to protect children’s futures.
- The camp in‑charge said Singh arrived around 9:30 am without prior notice when many inmates were away, and alleged he took photos with children before departing.
- Kuki Inpi Ukhrul and the Kuki‑Zo Council condemned the visit as unauthorised and politically motivated, calling it insensitive to displaced families seeking justice and formal engagement.
- The ethnic conflict has left over 250 dead and more than 60,000 displaced, and Manipur has been under President’s Rule since February following the resignation of N. Biren Singh.