"BJP's politics of hate, division responsible": Kharge over Manipur violence

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday held the Manipurs Bharatiya Janata Party government responsible for the violence in the state alleging that such a situation arose because of the partys politics of hate and divisionThe Congress president appealed to the people of the northeastern state for peace and urged them to show restraintTaking to Twitter Kharge said Manipur is burning BJP has created fissures among communities and destroyed the peace of a beautiful state BJPs politics of hate division and greed for power is responsible for this mess We appeal to people from all sides to exercise restraint and give peace a chanceThis comes after violence broke out on May 3 during the Tribal Solidarity March called by the All Tribal Student Union Manipur ATSUM in the Torbung area of Churachandpur district to protest the demand of nontribal Meiteis who dominate the Imphal Valley for Scheduled Tribe ST status Army and paramilitary forces have been deployed in ManipurAlso Read Indian Navy veterans on death row in Qatar Mallikarjun Kharge criticises PM Modi for not intervening in matterTo tackle the worsening law and order situation after tribal groups took out rallies in several districts of Manipur the State government has suspended mobile internet in the State for five days Along with a ban on large gatherings a night curfew too has been imposed in several districts of the StateIn view of the situation a curfew has been imposed in nontribaldominated Imphal West Kakching Thoubal Jiribam and Bishnupur districts and tribaldominated Churachandpur Kangpokpi and Tengnoupal districtsInternet services suspended in Manipur for five days amid incidents of fighting among youths and volunteers of different communities as a rally was organised by All Tribals Students Union ATSU Manipur in protest against the demand for inclusion of MeiteiMeetei in the ST category the Manipur government said in a statementAs far as the current situation is concerned two issues in the State have led to the situation First chief minister Biren Singhs move to protect the forest faces resistance from illegal Immigrants and drug cartels and the second is linked to the Manipur High Courts recent direction to the State Government to consider the inclusion of Meitei in the Scheduled Tribe category which has led to an outburst from the tribal community who are STThousands of tribals who make up about 40 per cent of the states population joined the processions waved placards and raised slogans opposing ST status for the MeiteiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever