Manipur: President’s rule revoked, Y K Singh stakes claim to form govt

President Droupadi Murmu has revoked the President rule in Manipur with effect from Wednesday, February 04,2026. The President’s rule was imposed in Manipur on 13th February, last year. The Home Ministry has issued a gazette notification in this regard. The notification says that President Murmu has revoked the proclamation issued by her under the article 356 of the constitution last year in relation to the state of Manipur.

Earlier, NDA legislature party leader Y Khemchand Singh on Wednesday staked a claim to form a government in Manipur, state BJP chief A Sharda Devi said. Restive Manipur has been under the President's rule since February last year.An NDA team led by Singh met Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Lok Bhavan in Imphal and staked the claim to form a popular government, she said. Two MLAs from the Kuki-Zo majority districts of Churachandpur and Pherzawl were among the delegates who met Bhalla."We met the governor in the presence of our newly elected legislature party leader and BJP observer Tarun Chugh. The NDA staked a claim to form a popular government in the state," Devi told reporters.
While Nemcha Kipgen, along with the two who accompanied Khemchand to Lok Bhavan, are expected to participate in the new government, voices of discontent have begun to emerge from some Kuki-Zo groups.President’s Rule was imposed in the state on February 13 last year, and the assembly, whose tenure ends in 2027, was placed in suspended animation.