Manipur Violence: The Supreme Court is going to open on Monday after the summer vacations. Many important matters including petitions on Manipur violence can be heard in the court. If reports are to be believed, a bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud may hear petitions on Manipur violence, seeking protection for the minority Kuki tribals.
Meanwhile let us tell you that the violence in the state is not taking the name of stopping. At least three ‘village volunteers’ were killed in a shootout with unidentified gunmen in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Sunday. Five others were also injured in this attack. Regarding the matter, a police official said that the incident took place in Khoijumantabi village on late Saturday night, when the ‘village volunteers’ were busy guarding the area from a temporary bunker. It was told by the police that initially two bodies were recovered and later one more body was found.
)How violence started in Manipur
Let us discuss here that ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in the northeastern state of Manipur has claimed more than 630 lives so far. . Violence broke out in Manipur on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organized in the hill districts to protest against the demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Meitei community, following which reports of deaths continued to pour in from the state. Are. If you look at the population of Manipur, here 71 percent of the population is of the Meitei community and it mainly resides in the Imphal Valley. Whereas, the population of tribal communities like Naga and Kuki is 40 percent in the state, which mainly lives in the hilly districts. 951888951888Blockade issued since two months removed
Here, two leading organizations of Kuki groups in Manipur informed that they have lifted the two-month-long blockade on the important National Highway-2 (NH-2) in Kangpokpi district. A joint statement has been issued by United People’s Front (UPF) and Kuki National Organization (KNO) in this regard. According to the statement, the blockade was lifted with immediate effect after Union Home Minister Amit Shah called for “restoration of peace and harmony”.
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