Today, Amit Shah will start his 3-day trip to Manipur, which is rife with violence
Conflicts erupted in Manipur on May 3 following a “Tribal Solidarity March” organized in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Amit Shah will begin a three-day trip to Manipur
Today, May 29, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will begin a three-day trip to the violently disturbed Manipur to end the crisis. At a press conference on Thursday night, Minister of State for the Interior Nityanand Rai provided the details.
Mr. Nityanand Rai provided this information
To put an end to the interethnic dispute and make sure that everyone acquires justice, Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah intends to stay for three days. We’ll have conversations with people in various settings and pay attention to their points of view,” Rai said.
According to a report from the news agency, he claimed that the recent unrest has only stifled progress, and there has been calm and peace for the past nine years with no blockades and few bandhs.
The minister reassured the populace that all issues and problems would be solved peacefully and urged them to have faith in their leaders and abstain from all acts of violence.
Shah urged the people of Manipur to uphold the peace
On Thursday, Shah urged the people of Manipur to uphold the peace and vowed to ensure justice for all societal groups.
The Home Minister announced he would go to Manipur to help settle disputes while laying the cornerstone for the National Forensic Sciences University’s (NFSU) tenth campus at Changsari in Assam’s Kamrup district.
Amit Shah’s statement
“I will be traveling to Manipur shortly and will stay for three days. The two communities need to stop harboring mistrust for one another and ensure peace in the state,” Shah said.
Manipur conflict erupted at the “Tribal Solidarity March”
Conflicts erupted in Manipur on May 3 following a “Tribal Solidarity March” organized in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
There have already been numerous lighter disturbances in Manipur in response to the uproar surrounding the expulsion of the Kuki villagers from reserve forest territory.
Meiteis make up the majority of the population in Manipur, making up about 53% of the total. Another 40% of the population lives in the hill districts, where the Naga and Kuki tribes reside.
10,000 army and paramilitary personnel possessed to be assigned to restore order in the northeastern state after the ethnic clashes resulted in over 70 fatalities.
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