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After the Manipur High Court's order to include the Meitei community in the ST category,violence broke out between Meitei & other tribal communities in several parts of #Manipur.To understand what caused this entire situation full context is important. (1/15)
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Manipur is home to the Meiteis, who form 53% of the state’s population (including #Meitei Pangals, or Muslims) and are concentrated in the Imphal Valley which forms just 10% of the state’s total geographical area. (2/15)

The Kukis belong to the Kuki-Chin-Zo ethnic group that inhabits some of the hill districts of Manipur and adjoining Mizoram as well as the Sagaing and Chin provinces of Myanmar. #Kuki form about 30% of the state’s population. (3/15)

The Nagas form about 15% of the state’s population and have been demanding the integration of their areas with Nagaland state, a demand that is vehemently opposed by both Kukis and Meiteis.(4/15)

Kukis are migrating illegally from Myanmar and occupying protected land in Manipur, Meitei community is protesting the illegal migration of Kuki people and asking the government to implement #NRC.(5/15)

Due to illegal immigration from Myanmar, the population of Kuki is increasing rapidly, and Meitei population is continuously decreasing. 2011 census has shown a decadal growth of 39.54% among tribal communities compared to just 15.72% in valley that’s dominated by Meiteis.(6/15)

The Meitei community (SC/OBC) demanding ST status for a long time & the other tribal communities (Kuki, Naga) have been consistently opposing the inclusion fearing the loss of job opportunities. Meitei was listed as a tribe of Manipur before it merged with India in 1949. (7/15)

Protests were being organized frequently in the last week of April in Churachandpur against the drive to evict villagers from reserved forest areas and the campaign to destroy illegal poppy cultivation to promote fruits and vegetable farming.(8/15)

On April 19th hearing a petition filed by the Meitei Tribe Union seeking ST status for the majority-Meitei community, HC ordered the Manipur government to “consider the case of the petitioners for inclusion of the Meetei/Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe list (9/15)

After the order of Manipur High Court, Tribal Solidarity March’ was called on Wednesday (May 3) by the All-Tribal Students’ Union of Manipur (ATSUM), during these violent clashes broke out at many places in Manipur. But this is not new. Every week they organized protests. (10/15)

Illegal migrant Kukis from Myanmar have joined militant groups in Manipur and are now openly brandishing high-tech weapons and targeting the Meitei community. Their videos can be found on social media.#ManipurViolence(11/15) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Anti-India and Misinformation propaganda spreaders accounts from different countries mainly from Pakistan and Gulf are setting up their fake narrative against India as usual by giving it a religious clash angle. (12/15)

Notorious fake news spreader Ashok Swain also ran his Anti-India agenda as expected, giving it a religious angle to incite communal violence in the state by showcasing only one side of the clash. (13/15)

Kuki IT cell and #Fake Pakistani accounts are spreading videos with false claims and most of them are fake,old or computer-generated. (14/15)

This was never Hindus vs Christians. It is about illegal migrants from Myanmar posing as Kukis and occupying protected land & misusing the ST status while the Meitei community was deprived of its rights. We appeal to residents of Manipur to stay calm during #ManipurOnFire (15/15)