Manipur Violence Starts Again : What is the Real Story ?

Manipur the North Eastern state of India has been  burning in violence since the past sixteen months. The magnitude of the violence has been escalated in Manipur since 3 may . On 1 september Manipur experienced yet another tragic violence , resulting the death of 11 citizens in the past 7-8 days.  According to government reports approx 226 death and around 60000 people have been displaced in Manipur until now due to violence. The violence is happening due to the clash between the Hindu Meitei majority and the Christian Kuki community. Government is claiming that the kuki Rebels have been doing all these attacks in the state through specialized weapons and harmful missionaries. The Kuki-Zo community members held rallies in the state demanding separate kukiland and protesting over Chief Minister’s viral audio clip.

The recent cases of violence reignited tension in the whole state specially in Imphal Valley. The violence began on 6 august when a audio clip of CM Biren singh went viral where he is disrespecting a community. Even though the government claimed that the audio clip is fake and it was just an attempt to  ignite communal tension in the state. However its been a while since many attacks on the government officials have been happening in Manipur.

Due to the ongoing violence and protests Manipur Government on tuesday imposed a 5 days ban on Internet and Curfew in certain districts of the state. It is been reported that certain drone attacks have been happening in Imphal West. Bombs have been droped in villages by using drones. The Kuki and Meitei both communities are claiming that the ban on internet is yet another conspiracy of government to hide the truth from the rest of the country.

People of Manipur are protesting against the ongoing situation in Manipur. Even the protestors are going violent.  During a protest in Manipur the protestors snatched arms from the security forces while a student protest turned violent as protestors through bottles and stones on the armed forces. The forces had to use tear gas and water guns to disperse the protestor. However many students were injured during this incident and were admitted into the hospital. Due to to current tension in the state many people are not able to reach there homes. The situation has been worsed in Manipur but no serious action has been taken by the government.

Currently BJP is ruling Manipur as N. Biren Singh is currently the CM of Manipur. CM has always said  that everything is normal in Manipur and nothing is going wrong in the state even though the situation in Manipur has been going bad to worse specially since the past 6 months beginning from May 2024. On August 30 , CM announced that he will try to control the whole situation and restore normalcy the states within 5-6 months along with the help of Central Government. But the question is why the state government is taking so much time to resolve the current issue? Why Central Government is not taking control in there hands ? Why PM Modi is silent now ? If PM can visit both Ukraine and Russia than why he is not visiting Manipur. If Rahul Gandhi can visit Manipur thrice then PM Modi can atleast visit Manipur once.  PM is been behaving as if Manipur is not a part of India. It is high time that PM Modi should himself look after Manipur issue . Now only PM can save Manipur and its people.

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