Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Manipur CM Calls Teaching National Duty, Urges Peaceful Negotiations
Manipur’s chief minister spoke at a Teachers’ Day event on September 5.
He said teaching is more than a job and is an important responsibility to the country.
He asked teachers to care for all students like members of their own families.
He also talked about the conflict and problems affecting Manipur.
He said peace may be starting to return.
He warned that strikes, protests and blockades can make life harder and damage education and the economy.
He said disagreements should be solved through talks.
A group recently held a strike because it wanted the National Register of Citizens updated before the Census.
The conflict has caused deaths, missing people and homelessness.
Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh called teaching a noble responsibility and national duty at the state Teachers’ Day celebration.
Singh said teachers should treat every student with the same care and concern as members of their own families.
Addressing Manipur’s crisis, he said signs of peace had begun to emerge after ethnic violence, but warned that protests and blockades harm people, the economy and education.
A 24-hour strike on September 1 over demands to update the National Register of Citizens before the Census disrupted normal life in at least five valley districts.
The conflict between the Meitei and Kuki communities has killed at least 306 people, left 49 missing and displaced thousands, according to the report.
- Who
- Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh, teachers, students and organisations involved in Census-related demands.
- What
- Singh called teaching a national duty and urged negotiations to resolve Manipur’s issues while discussing the Census and National Register of Citizens dispute.
- When
- The remarks were made at a state-level Teachers’ Day celebration on September 5; the report also refers to a strike on September 1.
- Where
- Imphal and other parts of Manipur, including at least five valley districts affected by the strike.
- Why
- Singh said teachers have a duty to care for students and argued that peace and negotiations are needed because unrest harms people, the economy and education.
Negotiation and Peace
Protest and Census Demands
How Manipur’s issues should be addressed
Negotiation and Peace
Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh said peace can be restored and issues resolved through negotiation, and warned that bandhs, agitations and blockades cause hardship and harm the economy and education.
Protest and Census Demands
An organisation called a 24-hour strike demanding that the National Register of Citizens be updated before the Census; civil society organisations also made this demand, according to the report.
- Speaker
- Y Khemchand Singh, Chief Minister of Manipur
- Occasion
- State-level Teachers’ Day celebration
- Teachers’ message
- Teaching is a noble responsibility and national duty
- Conflict casualties
- At least 306 people killed and 49 missing
- Displacement
- Thousands left homeless by the ethnic conflict
- Strike
- A 24-hour strike on September 1 disrupted normal life in at least five valley districts
- Census decision
- The Union government deferred the Census in Manipur on August 31 after demands to update the National Register of Citizens first