India, Feb. 4 -- BJP legislator Yumnam Khemchand Singh, along with six other MLAs including two from the Kuki-Zo community, on Wednesday submitted a letter to Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla staking claim to form the new government in the state.

The move comes a day after Khemchand Singh was elected leader of the BJP legislative party at a meeting held in the national capital on Tuesday.

The two Kuki-Zo MLAs who accompanied Singh to submit the letter at the Raj Bhavan (Lok Bhavan) in Imphal were Lalliang Mang Khaute from Churachandpur district and Ngursanglur Sanate from Pherzawl district. They are the first among the 10 Kuki-Zo legislators to visit Imphal since the ethnic violence that erupted on May 3, 2023.

The MLAs were accompan...