Overview

• Five Imphal valley districts—Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching—have seen renewed clashes between Meitei and Kuki groups in the past 24 hours.
• Police have imposed prohibitory orders and suspended internet, mobile data and VPN services to curb the unrest.
• Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have publicly accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring Manipur’s humanitarian crisis.
• President’s Rule, put in place on February 13 following the chief minister’s resignation, has not succeeded in restoring law and order.
• A three-member Commission of Inquiry, established in June 2023, has been granted multiple deadline extensions with its final report now due in November 2025.