Manipur crisis: ‘Northeast buring, soldiers dying but PM…,’ says Bhupesh Baghel on ‘Prachar’ Mantri Modi

New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Sunday launched an attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he has become a “Prachar Mantri” accusing that the latter is not adressing the Manipur cirsis at all.

He said, “PM is busy doing campaigns in Karnataka. Northeast is burning, soldiers are dying, but PM is not saying anything. There is no discussion on what they will do in the interest of the people of Karnataka, they are just campaigning and seeking votes.”

He added that they are just talking about themselves to gain votes. Meawhile, Baghel also mentioned about Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh who said that Congress leader Sonia Gandhi had been fighting alone for decades to make Rahul Gandhi stand.

The Chhattisgarh CM slammed the former Conrgess leader Sarma and said, “I do not want to speak about such a person who defect their party for power and lies repeatedly.”

The Himachal CM said, “Rahul Gandhi is giving guarantee to the people of Karnataka, but who will take the guarantee of Rahul Gandhi… Sonia Gandhi has been fighting alone for the last 20 years to make Rahul Gandhi stand, now this person (Rahul Gandhi) comes and gives guarantee to the people of Karnataka?”

#WATCH | "PM is busy doing campaigns in Karnataka. Northeast is burning, soldiers are dying, but PM is not saying anything. There is no discussion on what they will do in the interest of the people of Karnataka, they are just campaigning and seeking votes," Chhattisgarh CM… pic.twitter.com/8tUJaHuStR

— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2023

Manipur Crisis

Manipur was hit by violence on May 3 during the course of a solidarity march called by the All Tribal Students’ Union of Manipur (ATSUM) in Torbung area of Churachandpur, to protest the lonstanding demand of the Meitei community to include them in the list of the state’s Scheduled Tribes (ST).

Earlier last month, the Manipur High Court directed the state government to consider the request of the Meitei, that caused dissatisfaction among other tribal groups.

In its petitions, the Meitei community mentioned that they once used to have the ST tag before the merger of Manipur with the Indian Union and now they want to restore it.

This led to a historical tensions between the Meitei community and other tribals who opposed the decision saying that the former have enough represntation in the state already.

Meanwhile, the Meiteis claimed that they want the ST tag to stop the influx of outsiders and and protect ther communtiy from “infiltrators.”

As per last census in 2011, Meiteis account for 64.6 per cent of population who are mostly Hindus while other tribes such as Nagas and Kukis are nearly 40 per cent in number. The two tribes Nagas and Kukis are mosly Christians, occupying around 90 per cent of Manipur’s land.

Meities have more representation in the state Assembly considering that 40 of the 60 Assembly seats in the state are from the Imphal Valley region. This area is mostly inhabited by the Meiteis.

Meiteis Entered Kuki Villages Brandishig Guns 

As per media reports, an official of the All Manipur Tribal Union informed that soon after their protest ended, people from Meitei community retaliated by brandishing guns and entered Kuki villages and set houses after houses on fire.

The violence left the state in devastating situation which followed ‘shoot at sight’ orders to Indian troops by the Manipur government to bring back the normalcy in the state.

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