IMPHAL, March 10 -- Six Manipur legislators out of the nine belonging to the Kuki-Zo-Hmar community attended the budget session of assembly virtually on Monday, in a development hailed by chief minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh as a positive step towards normalising the situation in the ethnic strife-torn state. Khemchand Singh, who also holds finance portfolio, presented the 2026-27 budget estimates, which has earmarked Rs.734 crore for rehabilitation and resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Manipur. The ethnic violence, which started on May 3, 2023, had physically separated the Meiteis of valley districts and the Kukis of the surrounding hill districts in the northeastern state, with members of both communities avoiding ea...