Imphal, Dec 17: As many as 19 civil society organisations of Manipur have written to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) seeking to make an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the over 19-month-old Manipur crisis and a solution to it.
In a letter to the PMO, the organisations seek the Prime Minister’s immediate intervention in the effort to end the prolonged crisis. The civil bodies included the Committee of Peaceful Coexistence (CPC), Meetei/Meitei Tribe Union (MTU), Federal Students’ Organisation (FESOK), United Meetei-Pangal Committee (UMPC), and Manipuri Students’ Federation (MSF).
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The 19 civil society groups are also preparing to jointly organize a peaceful rally on the Manipur issue in New Delhi on December 22. They said the demonstration aims to draw the attention of fellow countrymen to the protracted problem and also to find ways to promote peace talks between the warring groups.
The letter also requested the PMO to help get an appointment with the PM by December 25 to express their concern and give a chance to discuss with him a way out of the crisis.
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Nineteen months after violent clashes erupted between the Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo tribes in the northeast Indian state of Manipur, the violence has shown no signs of abating, according to a report in The Diplomat, an international online news magazine.
Indeed, the situation has spiralled dangerously, the report said, adding that so serious is the breakdown in law and order in Manipur and so hardened are the ethnic boundaries that crossing into the territory of the “other” could be fatal.
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Violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, 2023.
Meanwhile, major civil society organisations in Manipur and the opposition have criticised the BJP government at the Centre over its handling of the Manipur crisis and repeatedly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence on the issue.
Congress MP from Manipur, Bimol Akoijam on December 14 stated that he was “deeply offended” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lack of address on the Manipur issue and said that he does not wish to listen to his speech on the Constitution in the Lok Sabha.
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Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday raised the issue of continued violence in Manipur and asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not had the time to visit the state.
Participating in a discussion on the “Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India”, the Congress chief said the prime minister had not had the time to assess the situation in Manipur for the past year and a half, since violence started in the eastern border state. “Violence and unrest is continuing in Manipur but Modi ji did not get the time to assess the situation there,” he said.
(Newmai News Network)
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