Citing large-scale displacement of indigenous communities, destruction of their villages and loss of lives, the organisations urged the Union Government to intervene urgently.
On the number of deaths and injured in connection with the ethnic violence since May 2023, the department said, "217 people as per ex gratia given to next of kin."
Valte was attacked by a mob in the state capital Imphal on May 4, 2023, the second day of the violence that erupted between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo tribals.
Bhagwat will interact with citizens, entrepreneurs, and representatives of the tribal community. This will be his first visit since the violence broke out two years ago.
Though the violence appears on the surface to fall across ethnic and religious lines, experts say the root causes lie in poor land management and policing in rural areas.
