Buffer zones in Manipur may need to continue where wounds of violence remain deep: Deputy CM Nemcha Kipgen

2026-02-19 - 14:13

As the Northeastern State’s first woman Deputy CM, Ms. Kipgen says that like ‘a caring mother nurtures a peaceful home’, she would like to carry forward this essence of care and responsibility in serving the people of Manipur’; on protests that broke out after she took charge, she points out that while she ‘respects those emotions, the decision was taken in good faith and with a sense of long-term responsibility, not personal ambition’