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MANIPUR VIOLENCE

Govt focusses on talks between two factions

in Delhi as Oppn accuses it of saving its skin

Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that both the communities

in Manipur will understand and take the route of dialogue, adding that the next meeting

of Manipur’s two warring communities is to be held in Delhi soon

OUR BUREAU
New Delhi/Imphal

anipur has been under the
President’s rule since Feb-
Mruary after the resignation
of chief minister N Biren Singh, as
announced by the Ministry of Home
Affairs.
President’s Rule was imposed in
Manipur on February 13 under Arti-
cle 356 of the Constitution, five days
after Chief Minister N Biren Singh
resigned from his post.
The violence in Manipur between
the Meiteis and the Kukis erupted af-
ter a rally by the All Tribal Students
Union of Manipur (ATSUM) on May
3, 2023.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah
moved the resolution for Rajya Sabha
nod to the Presidential proclamation
for the president’s rule in Manipur on Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi meets with a senior leadership delegation representing various communities from Manipur at
Thursday, and Parliament confirmed Parliament recently in New Delhi (ANI)
the imposition of President’s rule
in Manipur. Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Friday asserted that be imposed,” Shah said. had to face abuse. There was noth- Sabha, Congress chief Mallikarjun
both the communities in Manipur will He further said that there had ing in West Bengal, and hundreds of Kharge demanded an inquiry into
understand and take the route of dia- been no violence for months before women were abused in Sandeshkhali. Manipur violence and asked the cen-
logue, adding that the next meeting of the resignation and till today. “A myth No action was taken in the RG Kar tral government to table a White Pa-
Manipur’s two warring communities should not be created that the Presi- hospital incident. Your government per in the House.
is to be held in Delhi soon. dent’s Rule was imposed because we did nothing... And a person of your “For two years Manipur has
Speaking in Rajya Sabha, the were unable to handle the situation... own party was behind it whom you been burning, and the government
Union Home Minister said that the Seven years ago, the Congress govern- had to suspend... We support neither, has failed in stopping the violence.
political sallies of the opposition can- ment was there in Manipur... There but you cannot have double stands,” More than 260 people have died,
not heal wounds of those marred by was a curfew for 225 days a year... 1500 Shah said. and over 60,000 have been displaced.
violence in Manipur. people were killed in encounters... Meanwhile, Shiv Sena MP Mil- Families have been torn apart, yet
“We did not impose the Presi- There is a difference between racial ind Deora said the government want the BJP watched it in silence. Mani-
dent’s rule (Manipur) to fall the gov- violence and naxalism, and the ways peace, development, progress, and pur’s economy has collapsed. GST
ernment, like Congress used to do... to tackle both of them are different... stability in Manipur. “All the par- collections have fallen. The state saw
On February 11, the CM resigned, Violence between two communities is ties are concerned about Manipur. the horrifying situation,” Kharge said
and everyone claimed it was because different from the violence against the We want peace, development, prog- in Rajya Sabha.
Congress was going to bring the No state,” he added. ress, and stability. The Union Home He further said that the then
Confidence Motion. I want to clarify Amit Shah accused the Trinamool Minister rightly said that this is not Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh
that there was no No-Confidence mo- Congress of “double standards” on vi- something that should be politicised. should have taken the morale respon-
tion against that government because olence against women. “I don’t want Imposing the President’s rule is not sibility and should have resigned on
Congress did not have enough mem- to politicise this sensitive issue... Der- something that any government the first day of the violence.
bers to bring such a motion. After the ek O’Brien raised the issue of abuse would want to do. Politicians and po- The Congress chief further
resignation, no party proposed a gov- against women in Manipur. There was litical parties must also work with the claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Par-
ernment, and in that situation, it was racial violence, and both communities government,” Deora said. ty (BJP) has no plans to bring peace to
decided that a President’s Rule would were against each other; many women Earlier, speaking in the Rajya Manipur.

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