Last Update: May 28, 2023, 23:22 IST
On May 3, Manipur was rocked by violent clashes between tribals and the majority Mei community after Naga and Kuki tribals organized a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ to protest against the move to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Meitei community. (File photo/PTI)
Earlier in the day, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that around 40 armed terrorists involved in setting houses ablaze and firing on civilians have been killed by security forces as they launched a campaign to bring peace to the caste riot-ravaged northeastern state. had started.
The Congress on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the recent violence in Manipur, saying a horrific tragedy is unfolding there while the prime minister is obsessed with his “own coronation”.
According to party general secretary Jairam Ramesh, a delegation led by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will meet President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday morning regarding the situation in the state.
He said that after 25 days of burning Manipur, things took a turn for the worse on the eve of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s long-awaited visit to Imphal.
“Despite the imposition of Article 355, there is a complete breakdown of law and order and administration in the state,” Ramesh said on Twitter.
“It is a terrible tragedy, while the Prime Minister is obsessed about his self-coronation. Not a single appeal has been made by him for calm, nor has there been any effort to restore trust between the communities,” he said in an apparent reference to the inauguration. Real effort has been made.” of the new Parliament House by Modi.
Earlier in the day, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said around 40 armed terrorists involved in setting ablaze houses and firing on civilians have been killed by security forces as they launched a campaign to bring peace to the ethnic riot-ravaged northeastern state. had started.
Separately, police officials said on Sunday that at least two people were killed and 12 injured in different incidents of firing on civilians and clashes between militants and security forces since the early hours of the day.
The caste clashes that have claimed over 75 lives first broke out in Manipur when a ‘tribal solidarity march’ was held in the hill districts on May 3, protesting the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. Was.
The violence was preceded by tension over the eviction of Kuki villagers from reserved forest land, which led to several smaller agitations.
Meites constitute about 53 per cent of Manipur’s population and mostly live in the Imphal Valley. The tribal Nagas and Kukis constitute 40 per cent of the population and reside in the hill districts.
Around 140 columns of the Indian Army and the Assam Rifles, comprising over 10,000 personnel, besides personnel of other paramilitary forces, were deployed to bring back normalcy in the northeastern state.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI,
