India, Oct. 9 -- Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma, who is also National People's Party president, reached Imphal on a two-day visit to Manipur on Thursday, and said that restoration of peace and normalcy in the troubled state was his party's top priority.

Speaking to reporters soon after his arrival at the Imphal airport, Sangma said, "I have come to meet my party leaders and also the people of Manipur to interact, engage, and see how we can take things forward and ensure that normalcy returns".

During his stay, Sangma is expected to meet civil society bodies of Meitei, Nagas and persons displaced by the ethnic conflict between Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities.

Sangma said several efforts had been made in the past to restore normal...