“PM’s Saturday visit to Manipur will pave way for peace, normalcy, growth in state,” Goel said.

Modi will visit Manipur and Mizoram, where he is set to inaugurate the Bairabi–Sairang railway line project. From Peace Ground in Churachandpur, a Kuki-majority area, he will lay foundation stones for development projects worth Rs7,300 crore. In Meitei-majority Imphal, the Indian prime minister will inaugurate infrastructure projects valued at Rs1,200 crore, officials said.

The state government also issued an advisory for the public attending the “VVIP programme” at Peace Ground, instructing them not to carry items such as keys, pens, water bottles, bags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, lighters, matchboxes, cloth pieces, sharp objects or weapons.

The government had already banned air guns in Churachandpur district ahead of the visit. Meanwhile, security has been tightened in both Imphal and Churachandpur town, officials confirmed.

Rahul welcomes Modi’s visit

Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi today welcomed Modi’s upcoming trip to Manipur. While in Junagadh, Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi remarked that the unrest in Manipur had persisted for some time.

He told reporters, “The issue in Manipur has been ongoing for a long time. It is good that he is going there now.”

Earlier, Congress General Secretary in-Charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at the “preparations” for Modi’s visit, describing it as an insult to the people of Manipur.

In a post on X, he shared a newspaper clipping about the arrangements and noted that the prime minister seemed set to spend only a few hours in the state.

“This is actually an insult to the people of the state who have waited for him for 29 long and agonising months. Sept 13th will actually be a non-visit by the PM, who has once again revealed his callousness and insensitivity towards the people of Manipur,” he added.