Manipur’s Year-Long President’s Rule to End as BJP Names Yumnam Khemchand Singh as New CM

Senior leader and former Speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh is set to be sworn in as the next Chief Minister, ending nearly a year of direct central rule. In a historic first, the party has also appointed Nemcha Kipgen, a prominent woman leader from the Kuki community, as the Deputy Chief Minister, signaling a major reconciliation effort between the state's warring ethnic groups.