At least 35000 refugees have been created by the #ManipurViolence. The official death toll is 60 and 25000 people are in army camps
Refugees in Mizoram have increased to 3583
Out of 2252 refugees in Assam 600 have returned to their homes, rest are being taken care of. (2/11)
In the ongoing rescue still many of the meitei people are hiding in forests without food or water
State govt. has announced a meagre aid of 5 lakhs, 2 lakhs and 25000 Rs. for death, grievous and non grievous injuries. Aid upto 2 lakhs for burnt/damaged house will be given. (3/11)
Root causes of #ManipurViolence : 1) Nehru gave ST rights to Christians and removed the ST rights of #Meiteis betraying Raja BodhChandra Singh. 2) Central Govt. passed Manipur Land Act restricting the meitei to 10% land in Manipur while christians could buy land anywhere. (4/11)
3) Kuki Christians from Burma have been settled in the Manipur hills since the 80s as a part of demographic warfare by the church (with support from foreign and Manipuri Kukis).
The recent "verification drive" to identify and deport them by the state govt. is a key reason. (5/11)
4) From the 90s, Burmese Kukis settled in the reserved forests built a parallel drug economy by cultivating opium over thousands of acres. They totally destroyed the ecology there
Recently repeated strict actions taken by state govt. on opium cultivations is another reason (6/11)
The opium trade funds insurgency, conversion and land grabbing rackets of the church and destroys the youth.
The monopoly on Manipuri hill land would be gone if the Meiteis are given ST rights and can buy land there.
The HC order on 27th March acted as the flash point. (7/11)
DGP P. Doungel took away all the licensed weapons of the Meiteis in Bishnupur district leaving them defenseless
More than 20 Meitei villages were totally burnt down here in #ManipurViolence
Majority of the police officers are Kukis which gives them a strong hold in police. (8/11)
The action of police received mixed responses. In some cases they sheltered people and moved them to safety while in other cases they did nothing and were mere obeservers
It is alleged that more than 50 Meitei villages have been burnt down, ruining people economically. (9/11) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Overall the 10000 troops deployed here have been widely praised for restoring law and order and conducting rescue operations
However there are multiple reports from the Manipuri media that the Assam Rifles joined with kuki militants in places like Pokhao to attack Meiteis (10/11) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Actions like a BJP MLA challenging the high court order giving Meiteis their basic rights only seem to prolong their struggle .
How much of the compensation will reach the actual victims is also in doubt.
Let us raise our voice and Meiteis can return home and sustain. (11/11)
This is a heart wrenching statement from Bemtre, a daughther of ChuraChandpur
Her home was burnt down & her relative was shot . She & her 2 year old daughter were attacked by a bloodthirsty Kuki Christian mob
Synopsis : 1) The discrimination against the #Meiteis started right from their school days. Their culture and customs were ridiculed constantly. Regularly they were urged or pressurized to convert. 2) She also observed Kuki students threatening their teachers at gunpoint. (2/18) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
3) She got the first indications of #illegalimmigrations during her high school days in the 2000s. Special classes had to be arranged for many of her classmates who could not speak #Manipuri, Hindi or proper English. 4) The Meitei customs were already under attack by 2006 (3/18)
An irate mob of Christian Kukis attacked the residence of two Committee of Tribal Union(COTU) leaders.
The KNF had decided to relax the blockade of the NH2, a lifeline of the Imphal valley for a week. (1/4) #manipurisburning#ManipurViolence#ManipurRiots#SaveManipur#Manipur
The Kukis had been taking advantage of their location in the hills & blocking critical supplies from reaching the #Meiteis in the Imphal Valley ever since the #ManipurViolence started.
This has led to severe lack of essential items like fuel, food & life saving medicines. (2/4)
Shortage of supplies & blackmarketing have led to skyrocketing prices. 1 kg. Rice costs about 150 Rs., a litre of Diesel costs upto 250 Rs.
The humane measures taken to reduce the suffering of innocent civilians have been severely opposed by do called Kuki Students' Union. (3/4)
These violent attacks by the KPA, KNO and KRA cadres occured within 24 hours of the declaration of #civilwar by Mr. Hangshing chairman of KPA
The strategic village Tronglaobi was attacked again & the state security personnel there were removed by Assam Rifles beforehand. (2/5) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
According to eyewitness accounts the Assam Rifles in Tronglaobi were actually aiding the Kuki militants to burn houses
A large number of houses were burnt down.
Tronglaobi in Bishnupur controls the access along NH2 towards the key town of Moirang from Kuki controlled CCpur. (3/5)
Synopsis 1) The victim is a commerce student, he was never interested in politics 2) The Meiteis in Moreh had previously faced violence, loot and arson by the Kukis during the ILP protests in 2015. That time they were able to fight back with their limited licensed weapons. (2/9) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
3) Since 2015 a huge number of illegal burmese immigrants have settled in & around Moreh forming villages like Haolenphai, Minou, Molcham & Joldam. Many of them have sophisticated weapons and prior combat experience Outnumbered and outgunned this time they were defenceless. (3/9) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Synopsis : 1) The native Meitei are reduced to 25% in Moreh through repeated demographic invasion by foreign powers using the church as a tool 2) The attacks starting with street hooliganism on May 3rd evening after the rally were unprovoked and preplanned. (2/9) #ManipurOnFiretwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
3) The attacks started at the central Moreh Bazaar with burning down of Meitei property, large scale looting and vandalism 4) There was no police or fire brigade support for hours 5) The attackers were all Kuki Christians and all victims were non Christians (3/9) #ManipurViolencetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…