Imphal: President Droupadi Murmu concluded her two-day visit to strife-torn Manipur. This was her first visit to the northeastern state after becoming the President of India. Her trip came around three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the state on September 13 for the first time since ethnic violence erupted in May 2023.

On Friday, President Murmu attended the annual Nupi Lan celebrations and another programme in the Naga-dominated Senapati district. Nupi Lan is observed annually to commemorate two historic women-led movements in 1904 and 1939 against British colonial policies.

Several posters and temporary gates were put up at different places where Murmu visited.

Normal life was partially affected in the Imphal Valley due to a bandh called by a conglomeration of banne

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