Manipur News Desk !!! Violence has started once again in Manipur. The latest case of violence has come to light on the outskirts of Imphal. According to the information, two people including a woman have died in the firing. At the same time, 9 people including the woman’s 13-year-old daughter and a police officer have been injured. According to the information given by the police, the terrorists fired from the top of the hill in the lower areas of Kotruk and Kadangband valley and attacked with drones. The sudden attack forced many people including women, children and the elderly to flee to safer places. According to reports, out of the 9 injured people, 5 have been shot, while the rest have been hit by shrapnel. The report said that drone bombs were used in the attack.
Cookieland demands
On August 31, people of the Kuki community took out rallies in Churachandpur, Kangpokpi and Tengnoupal in Manipur. The Kukis demand that a separate Kukiland, a union territory, be created in Manipur. These organizations say that the only way to get the state out of communal strife is to create a union territory with an assembly on the lines of Puducherry.
‘CM thinks we are fools’
Angry with the statement of state CM Biren Singh, Kuki-Jo Village Volunteers have released a video. In this video, he said that if the Meitei people do not vacate the village in 3 days, then the Kuki volunteers will drive them away. In the video, the Kuki volunteer can be heard saying that Meitei militants are continuously targeting Churachandpur-Kangpokpi and the CM has said that there is peace in the state. He thinks that the Kukis are fools.
Violence continues since May 2023
Violence over reservation has been going on between the Kuki and Meitei communities in Manipur since May 3, 2023. According to government figures, 226 people have died so far in the Manipur violence, while more than 1100 people have been injured. More than 65 thousand people have left their homes.
Why did violence erupt?
The Meitei community demands that they should also be given the status of a tribal. The community filed a petition in the Manipur High Court for this. The Meitei community argues that Manipur was merged with India in 1949. Before this, they had the status of a tribe. After this, the High Court recommended to the state government that Meitei should be included in the Scheduled Tribe. The Kukis were angry with this decision of the High Court and violence broke out in the state. The Naga and Kuki communities are against giving reservation to the Meitei. Out of 60 MLAs of Manipur, 40 are from the Meitei community, while 20 are from the tribal community. So far, only two CMs have been from the tribal community.
