New Delhi, July 4 -- Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi going to visit Manipur this month? Several people familiar with the matter, in Imphal and New Delhi, said that he could, although there has been no official confirmation of a visit. A senior security officer in Manipur, who asked not to be named, said that in two meetings chaired separately by Union home secretary Govind Mohan and governor Ajay Bhalla, security forces were told to be prepared for a visit by the Prime Minister. A senior BJP functionary in New Delhi, who too asked not to be named, said "the PM's visit to Manipur is likely and is being planned. No dates have been fixed yet." Senior officials in the Manipur administration said that everyone has directed to complete ongoing infrastructure projects at the earliest in anticipation of a visit by the Prime Minister. A visit, if it happens, will be the Prime Minister's first to the state since February 22, 2022, after which ethnic violence broke out in the state in May 2023. The violence has continued to roil the state, effectively fragmenting it into Kuki enclaves in the hills and Meitei ones in the valley, with security forces manning buffer areas between the two warring ethnic groups. The state government headed by N Biren Singh was dismissed on February 13, 2025, and the state is currently under President's rule. The senior security official cited above said the PM's visit could happen "in the second or third week of July". "Nothing is official or on paper. Sprucing of the existing functional helipads at two places in Imphal valley and another in Churachandpur is underway. If at all the PM comes to Manipur, he will take the chopper from the valley to the hills," the officer added. The officer said that state officials "have been told to complete the pending work of the new secretariat buildings and the Manipur police headquarters in Mantripukri at the earliest. Apart from this all roads within the valley and in Churachandpur are also being fixed." A BJP functionary in Manipur confirmed the possibility of a visit. "It is true that we have been told to be prepared... It is possible that he may come before the monsoon session, but so far the home ministry's meetings have not yielded anything substantive."...