The Hindu Editorial Analysis : 6th February 2026

The Hindu Editorial Analysis

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President’s Rule Withdrawn in Manipur; New Chief Minister Takes Oath

• The President’s Rule in Manipur ended on Wednesday after almost one year, with the formation of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)–led National Democratic Alliance government in the State. The new government is headed by a leader from the Meitei community.
• At around 6 p.m., Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla administered the oath of office to Yumnam Khemchand Singh. He is a former Speaker of the Manipur Assembly and a martial artist. With this, he became the second Chief Minister of Manipur after the 2022 Assembly election.
• The first Chief Minister after the 2022 election, Nongthombam Biren Singh, resigned from his post on February 9, 2025. His resignation came after the long-running ethnic violence between the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities, which began on May 3, 2023.
• The oath-taking ceremony of the new government took place after the President’s Rule was officially withdrawn. President’s Rule had been imposed in Manipur on February 13, 2025.
• Yumnam Khemchand Singh is a BJP leader and represents the Singjamei Assembly constituency.
• Two leaders were sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers. BJP MLA Nemcha Kipgen from Kangpokpi, who belongs to the Kuki-Zo community, and Naga People’s Front MLA Losii Dikho, a Naga leader from the Mao constituency, took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers.
• Nemcha Kipgen took her oath online from Manipur Bhavan in New Delhi.
• Two other MLAs from the Meitei community were sworn in as Ministers at Lok Bhavan in Imphal, which is the capital of Manipur.
• These Ministers were Govindas Konthoujam of the BJP from the Bishnupur constituency and Khuraijam Loken Singh of the National People’s Party from the Wangoi constituency.
• After taking oath, Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said that problems would always exist, but his government would focus on restoring peace and working for the development and progress of Manipur.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the new Chief Minister and his team. He said he was confident that they would work hard for the development and prosperity of the people of Manipur and referred to them as his sisters and brothers.
• While speaking to reporters before leaving for a Cabinet meeting, the Chief Minister said that Manipur has 36 different communities. He explained that appointing two Deputy Chief Ministers was a natural step to give representation to two major communities.
• He also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP national president Nitin Nabin had trusted him with the responsibility of leading the State forward and ensuring long-lasting peace.
• Deputy Chief Minister Losii Dikho said that the new government would try its best to carry out the responsibilities given to it by the Central government.
• He said the government would connect with the people and ensure that governance is inclusive and transparent.
• When asked about opposition to the formation of the government from some groups, Losii Dikho said such reactions were expected. He added that things take time to settle and move ahead.
• Two BJP MLAs from the Kuki-Zo community — former Director General of Police L.M. Khaute from the Churachandpur seat and Ngursanglur Sanate from the Tipaimukh constituency — were present at the oath-taking ceremony.
• These MLAs reached Imphal from New Delhi earlier in the day along with other BJP leaders from Manipur.
• BJP central observers Sambit Patra and Tarun Chugh also arrived in Imphal with the Manipur BJP delegation.
• The oath-taking of Nemcha Kipgen as one of the Deputy Chief Ministers was considered very important because several Kuki-Zo organisations had opposed her joining the government.
• The Kuki-Zo Council, Kuki Inpi Manipur, and other groups had asked Kuki-Zo MLAs not to take part in the government.
• These organisations are demanding a separate administration similar to a Union Territory as a condition for the Kuki-Zo community to take part in governance.
• The Kuki-Zo Council warned that any Kuki-Zo MLA who ignored this collective decision and joined the government would be doing so in their personal capacity.
• The Council said such MLAs would be responsible for any consequences of their decision.
• The Kuki Inpi Manipur said that no Kuki-Zo MLA should, under any circumstances, associate with or support what it called a “so-called popular government.”
• The organisation said the formation of the government ignored the pain, wishes, and political views of the Kuki-Zo people.
• The ethnic violence in Manipur has so far claimed the lives of more than 260 people.
• Around 62,000 people were forced to leave their homes because of the violence.
• Most of these displaced people are still living in relief camps.

Three young sisters jump from ninth floor of high-rise after being denied access to a phone

• Three minor sisters died early on Wednesday after jumping from the balcony of their ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Police said the incident happened after their parents stopped them from using mobile phones.
• The girls who died were Nishika (16), Prachi (14), and Pakhi (12).
• Their bodies were found on the pavement near a community park inside their gated housing society shortly after 2 a.m.
• The incident came to light when residents woke up after hearing the cries of the girls’ parents.
• When police reached the flat on the ninth floor, they found that the room next to the balcony was locked, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Nimish Patil.
• Police said a handwritten note was found on the floor inside the locked room.
• The note said: “True life story: whatever is written in this diary, all of that is true, read it now. Sorry papa, I’m really sorry.”
• Police found that the children had dropped out of school in 2020.
• They were reportedly addicted to social media, cartoons, and Korean TV shows and music.
• To reduce this addiction, the parents had stopped the girls from using mobile phones for the past few days.
• The girls did not own personal phones and used one of their parents’ phones to access the internet.
• Angry over the addiction, the parents took away the phone a few days before the incident.
• Police also said that the parents had allegedly threatened the girls by saying they would get them married off, according to the DCP.
• After the parents went to sleep on Tuesday night, the three sisters allegedly went to the balcony and jumped from it.
• Police said the note mentioned that the girls were not being allowed to watch Shinchan, Doraemon, and TV serials.
• The note also said that the girls felt very lonely.
• According to police, no connection to any Korean task-based game has been found so far.
• Initial investigation suggests that the girls were addicted to TV shows and social media.
• The officer said all possible angles in the case are being investigated.
• The girls’ father, Chetan Kumar, is a businessman originally from the Burari area of Delhi.
• He had been living in Sahibabad for the past three years.
• He lived with his wives, Sujata and Heena, who are sisters.
• The couple had five children in total — four girls and one boy aged 10.
• Before moving to Sahibabad, the family lived in Tilla Mode for eight years.
• The three sisters had last studied at Green Valley School.
• Police said their academic performance at the school was not good.
• Several neighbours said they only knew the family from a distance.
• Neighbour Gaurav Kohli said they had seen the children walking with their parents but never spoke much with them.
• He said the family never socialised with others.
• Rahul Jha, the secretary of the apartment complex who was present during the police investigation, said he learnt that the family had financial problems.
• He said the family lived in a rented house.
• According to him, the family did not interact much or take part in society activities.
• Jha said that a day before the incident, Mr. Kumar paid ₹700 as maintenance charges.
• He added that Mr. Kumar never delayed maintenance payments.
• Police recovered Sujata’s mobile phone and sent it for technical examination.
• The handwritten note left by the girls was also taken by the police.
• The DCP said no case has been registered yet.
• This is because the parents have not filed any complaint.

SIR Is About Exclusion, Not Inclusion: Mamata

• Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, who was heading a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, assured West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday that the Election Commission cannot avoid its constitutional duty to ensure that every genuine citizen is included in the electoral roll during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
• This assurance was given when Ms. Banerjee stood in the front row of a packed courtroom while the Bench was hearing cases.
• The Chief Minister insisted on speaking directly to the Bench and said she had only a “humble request.”
• Addressing the Chief Justice, she said, “Sir, save democracy.”
• In what was seen as a rare event in Supreme Court history, a sitting Chief Minister, who had filed a petition in her personal capacity, moved to the front of the courtroom during the hearing.
• She requested the Bench to allow her to speak for five minutes.
• Banerjee clarified that she had approached the Supreme Court as an individual citizen.
• She said she did this because the letters she had written to the Election Commission in her official role as Chief Minister received no reply.
• She said nearly 1.4 crore voters had been removed from the electoral rolls due to what she called “logical mistakes.”
• According to her, around 50% of these voters were removed because of small spelling errors or minor differences in names.
• Chief Justice Surya Kant replied that every problem has a solution and that the focus should be on ensuring that no innocent person is left out of the voting process.
• He said every genuine citizen must remain on the electoral roll.
• He pointed out that people could be removed due to differences in local language pronunciation or spelling.
• He said the Election Commission would need to find solutions for such issues.
• He added that the Election Commission would not run away from its responsibility.
• He assured that genuine voters should not be excluded because of such errors.
• Banerjee continued to raise concerns and questioned the timing of the SIR exercise.
• She asked why the process was being carried out after nearly 20 years and why it was happening just before elections.
• She questioned why West Bengal was being chosen for the exercise.
• She asked why a similar exercise was not happening in Assam.
• She also questioned why the exercise was announced during festival and harvest seasons when people were already busy.
• She claimed that more than 100 people, including booth-level officers, had died during the process.
• She repeatedly asked why West Bengal alone was being targeted.
• Banerjee referred to the Election Commission as the “WhatsApp Commission.”
• She alleged that the constitutional body was using WhatsApp to send important instructions and warnings.
• She said the Election Commission had appointed 8,100 micro-observers in West Bengal.
• She alleged that these micro-observers were acting like higher authorities over Electoral Registration Officers.
• Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi appeared for the Election Commission and responded during the hearing.
• He said the micro-observers were appointed because the State government did not cooperate in providing Class-II officers.
• He said these officers were required to serve as Electoral Registration Officers.
• Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for Ms. Banerjee, addressed the court.
• He was assisted by senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who represented poet and writer Joy Goswami.
• They told the court that more than one crore hearings were still pending.
• They said these hearings had to be completed before the February 7 deadline.
• The Supreme Court issued notice on Ms. Banerjee’s petition.
• The Bench fixed February 9 as the next date of hearing.

Important Questions

1. On which date was President’s Rule imposed in Manipur, and when was it withdrawn before the oath-taking ceremony?
2. Why was the swearing-in of Nemcha Kipgen as Deputy Chief Minister considered significant in view of opposition from Kuki-Zo organisations?
3. Why did the Ghaziabad police say the parents of Nishika, Prachi, and Pakhi restricted their access to mobile phones, and what habits were they trying to control?
4. What did the handwritten note found in the locked room of the ninth-floor flat reveal about the girls being stopped from watching Shinchan, Doraemon, and TV serials?
5. Why did West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while addressing the Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, claim that nearly 1.4 crore voters were excluded during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)?
6. What reason did senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the Election Commission, give for appointing 8,100 micro-observers due to the State government’s response?

Important Vocabulary

1. Revocation – official cancellation of a decision
2. Delegation – group sent to represent others
3. Inclusivity – involving all groups of people
4. Legitimacy – lawful acceptance or authority
5. Pavement – footpath beside a road
6. Addiction – strong habit that is hard to stop
7. Preliminary – early or initial stage
8. Seized – taken by police for investigation
9. Exclusion – keeping someone out
10. Discrepancies – differences or mistakes
11. Constitutional – related to the Constitution
12. Dialect – local form of a language

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