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Kukis particularly in Kangpokpi district are set to boycott the elections. Meanwhile, a rumour is being spread in the valley that Kukis have decided to vote for the BJP supported NPF candidate in the Outer constituency while on the other hand, a ‘fake’ directive of Kuki leaders to vote for the Congress candidate is circulating in the media, vehemently denied by Kuki leaders including MLAs.
More than 50 bombs and guns were fired at Senjam Chirang and 6th MR personnels deployed at Senjam Chirang said that sniper rifle bullets were fired from Harothel at around 7.40 am on Sunday.
One AK 47 rifle and a folding INSAS rifle were recovered.
Two village volunteers injured in a gunfight between Kuki militants and Meitei village volunteers in Tengnoupal district, Manipur.
Sajibu Nongma Pānba popularly known as Meetei Cheiraoba is the first day of the first month of the Meitei calendar Sajibu.
Mayang Imphal Apunba Meira Paibis and Yumnam Huidrom Apunba Meira Paibis on Tuesday took a firm stand that they will not take part in the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha Election.
The Kuki stand is quite mystifying. One moment, they will play the victim card to the hilt by bombarding the national media and social media with concocted historical narratives and false propaganda and in the not-so-distant past, as a victim of an imagined ‘genocide’ started by the majority Meitei community.
The state BJP leaders cannot even convince Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make a worthwhile statement regarding the present Manipur crisis or to visit the state or to meet the state MLAs in New Delhi, and they had the audacity to seek votes in the name of Narendra Modi.
"Due to the prevailing situation in Manipur, employees do not feel safe going to hill districts for discharging their election duty. "
No ST No Vote Campaign committee Kakching district and Thoubal district president P Budhina on Wednesday said that ANSAM had issued a memorandum to Manipur Governor expressing its objection against the inclusion of Meiteis into the ST category.
The election to the Lok Sabha has brought out some demands to postpone the election in Manipur as the situation is abnormal and there can be no free and fair election. On the other hand, differences have cropped up within the Kuki community with the UKLF stating that they will support the BJP candidate in the election on the ground that it was the BJP which initiated talks.
Well, the Election Commission must have broadly thought of how the deployment of civilian personnel is going to be done while deciding on the conduct of Lok Sabha elections, whatever be the status of ethnic relations. However, it would be interesting to watch how the Commission does it.
The situation in Manipur is ripe to usher in responsible voting so that the best candidate is elected. If there is no good candidate, NOTA is always there. In fact there must be a law that if NOTA garners maximum votes, no candidate be declared as elected.
Kukis keep asserting the presence of ‘buffer zone’ and it is not at all strange given the nature of relationship the Indian security establishment had cultivated over the years with the Kukis.
“The government must answer and also clarify on the status of the SoO which formally ended on February 29."
Keeping Manipur intact while taking along the various communities, big or small, was first and foremost in the minds of Meiteis.
A single bench of High Court of Manipur by Justice Golmei Gaiphulshillu had on Wednesday ordered the removal of a paragraph from the March 27, 2023 order passed by the then Acting Chief Justice MV Muralidharan which directed the state government to consider the inclusion of the Meitei community in the scheduled tribe list.
BJP MLA Paolienlal Haokip elected from Saikot assembly constituency, an upstart took up the cause against the state government’s action in Songjang. He was the new kid in town who wanted to grab the headlines.
While the Kukis clinged to the sense of security provided for by forces stationed near their villages and the continuance of SoO, a lack of security and lack of trust for central forces among the valley populace grew in leaps and bounds.
Family members said that the attack launched by Kuki militants on Wednesday morning stopped for a while at around 11 pm and continued with their attacks again.
