Congress leader Rahul Gandhi likely to visit Imphal on November 26

Guwahati: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Imphal on November 26.

Rahul is likely to meet Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Imphal and visit the violence ravaged Churachandpur.

CLP leader Keisham Meghachandra told ET said, " Rahuji is likely to come to Manipur by November end. The details are being worked out. Visit may be for one day. Manipur has been suffering for a long time."


A senior Congress leader who does not want to be named said, “Detailed itinerary is worked out however Rahul is likely to visit in the last week of November. His one-day visit is likely on November 26.”

On November 2 Manipur Congress leader held a meeting with party president Mallikarjun Kharge and its Lok Sabha leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the state.

The meeting was attended by state CLP leader Keisham Meghachandra, party’s state president O Ibobi Singh, AICC in-charge of Manipur Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka and others.

In a social media post, Meghachandra has stated, “The meeting focused on the prevailing law and order situation in Manipur, the continuing violence and insecurity, and the failure to restore lasting peace and normalcy in the state.”

“We also held detailed discussions on the forthcoming Manipur Legislative Assembly Election and the organisational preparedness and strategies of the Congress".

The people of the state deserve peace, security, stability and accountable governance, the CLP leader said, adding that “the future of Manipur and the restoration of lasting peace remain our foremost priorities”.

Security agencies claim that more than 50 people have been killed in ethnic clashes between the two tribal communities in the state since early this year.

At least 306 people have been killed, and 49 remain missing in the ethnic violence that has gripped Manipur since May 2023, Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam told the state assembly on September 3, 2026.

More than 60,000 displaced after ethnic violence broke out between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities on May 3, 2023. The violence erupted after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status.

On July 8, 2024 Rahul Gandhi visited relief camps in Manipur's Churachandpur, Moirang, Jiribam. Rahul visited Manipur on June 30, 2023.