IMPHAL, Feb. 20 -- Vungzagin Valte, a prominent Kuki-Zo legislator and former Manipur minister, passed away at a private hospital in Gurugram on Friday following a nearly three-year battle with injuries sustained during the 2023 ethnic violence, deputy chief minister Nemcha Kipgen said.

"It is with deep sorrow that we mourn the demise of Pu Vungzagin Valte, Hon'ble MLA, 56- Thanlon AC. He was a dedicated leader who worked tirelessly for the welfare and progress of his people," Kipgen said on X.

Valte, a BJP MLA from Thanlon assembly seat in Pherzawl district, was brutally assaulted by a mob in Imphal on May 4, 2023, when he was returning from a meeting with then-chief minister N. Biren Singh, just as the state spiralled into ethnic conf...