Overview
- President Droupadi Murmu revoked President’s Rule with effect from February 4, 2026, ending central rule imposed on February 13, 2025.
- Yumnam Khemchand Singh took oath hours later in Imphal, with Nemcha Kipgen (Kuki, the state’s first woman deputy CM) and Losii Dikho (Naga) sworn in as deputy chief ministers.
- The BJP-led NDA secured support from NPP (6 MLAs), NPF (5), JD(U) (1) and two Independents; the first cabinet met on Wednesday and the Assembly was summoned for February 5.
- Fresh unrest broke out in Churachandpur over Kipgen’s inclusion, with a shutdown, clashes with security forces and at least two minor injuries as additional personnel were deployed.
- A Union Commission of Inquiry into the 2023–25 ethnic violence is working toward a May 20, 2026 deadline; the conflict has left roughly 260 dead and nearly 60,000 displaced, and some Kuki-Zo groups reject participation without a written settlement.