In almost more than two years since ethnic violence erupted in Manipur and amid President’s Rule, a Meitei BJP MLA and former Rural Development minister, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, Monday travelled to two Kuki villages in hill districts ahead of Christmas in an attempt to build confidence measures and repair strained ties.

Khemchand Singh, former Manipur Speaker, became the first BJP Meitei MLA to step into a Kuki relief camp since conflict gripped the state. The sportsman-turned-politician represents the Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal West. During his visit to the Kuki villages, he first went to Sareikhong Baptist Church, then a relief camp at Litan in Ukhrul district and interacted with Kuki inmates who fled their homes during the violence.

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