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‘The working style (has to change). Central forces (in Manipur) must actively support the state government’s initiatives and help convince the original tribal people that the (state) government is not against them’
ACKNOWLEDGING that the state and the Centre have not met the “expectations” of the public in Manipur, state Chief Minister N Biren Singh said this was reflected in the BJP’s defeat there in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections. Accepting responsibility for that defeat — Congress won both seats — he said, in an interview to The Indian Express, that it was time for him to work with “even more conviction.”
The two seats of Manipur do not have any major influence in shaping national outcomes in the Lok Sabha polls. However, the Congress winning these seats, both of which were formerly held by the National Democratic Alliance, is a significant political consequence of the ongoing ethnic conflict in the state.
An associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Social Sciences, Angomcha Bimol Akoijam is an unlikely politician. In this election, he is making his political debut as the Congress candidate from the Inner Manipur constituency.
The Meira Paibis of Imphal’s Chingamakha area begin their nightly vigil at a small “guard-post” at 9 pm. On Saturday, at around 9.40 pm, two women volunteers working for the Congress candidate from Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency joined them for 10 minutes.
THE MANIPUR Police on Thursday came out against the radical Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol, accusing it of committing “many anti-social activities and criminal activities”. This came a day after police commandos in various valley districts laid down their arms in protest against the abduction of a senior police officer by members of the group.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s recent statement that his government will “identify and deport” anyone who entered the state to settle after 1961 has come amid demographic concerns in some sections in the state. The Biren Singh-led BJP government has repeatedly linked the ongoing ethnic strife in the state to “uncontrolled illegal immigration” from the neighbouring country Myanmar.
Ginza Vualzong, spokesperson for the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum, has been at the forefront of articulating the anxieties, problems and demands of the Kuki-Zo community in Manipur, since the onset of violence in the state in May 2023. As a representative of an influential civil society organisation of tribal people in Manipur, Vualzong has been part of multiple rounds of talks between the Centre and Kuki-Zo delegations from the state. On Wednesday, under the aegis of Zo United, his delegation had a detailed discussion with the Centre’s pointsperson for the Northeast, A K Mishra. He spoke to The Indian Express on the situation in Manipur.