peaceful india: Manipur under blockade from 55 days

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

http://www.wionews.com/south-asia/indian-army-chief-in-manipur-to-review-security-situation-10509

Indian Army chief in Manipur to review security situation

• Rijiju also met Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh and deputy chief minister Gaikhangam.
  
  "The meeting was positive. Centre will provide all kinds of help to the state so that there is a smooth flow of essential commodities, which have been stranded due to the ongoing economic blockade. People of Manipur should not suffer because of the blockade," Rijiju had said after the meeting.
  
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  So far, some 8,000 central paramilitary forces personnel have been deployed in the state. CRPF personnel are also escorting trucks carrying essential supplies on the Imphal-Silchar highway.
  
  This force deployment by the central government has come in the wake of violent clashes last Sunday in Imphal East district when the Meiteis clashed with the Nagas. The Meiteis -- protesting against the ongoing blockade of two highways and the recent killing of three policemen -- torched as many as 22 vehicles on the Imphal-Ukhrul Road.
  
  An indefinite curfew -- which was lifted for a day on Saturday -- was imposed following the clashes.
  
  The Union Naga Council (UNC) has blockaded two national highways -- NH-2 (Imphal-Dimapur) and NH-37 (Imphal-Jiribam) -- since November 1. On Saturday, the blockade entered its 54th day.
  
  The blockade has cut Manipur off completely, since most supplies enter the state on those two highways.
  
  The UNC put up the blockade after the Manipur government announced the formation of seven new districts, taking the total number of districts in the state to 16.
  
  The Nagas allege two of the new districts -- Kangpokpi and Jiribam -- will snatch their ancestral lands away from them.
  
  The Imphal valley is inhabited by the Meiteis, the hills by the Nagas.
  
  The newly formed districts are Kangpokpi, Tengnoupal, Pherzawl, Noney, Kamjong, Jiribam and Kakching.
  
  Meanwhile, internet services have been suspended till December 25 in the violence-hit areas to prevent any further flaring up of tension.
  
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[Dean Winchester]

Meh.
Just another chapter in politics between Nagas and Meiteis.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

Meh.
Just another chapter in politics between Nagas and Meiteis.

55 days of blockade in Manipur and around 200 days of blockade in Kashmir has less do to with politics and more to do with colonial policies of Indian state
No doubt India is still a colonial state

 

[Dean Winchester]

55 days of blockade in Manipur and around 200 days of blockade in Kashmir has less do to with politics and more to do with colonial policies of Indian state
No doubt India is still a colonial state

The blockcade in Manipur is not by Indian govt but by Naga political front UNC.

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

The blockcade in Manipur is not by Indian govt but by Naga political front UNC.

That a difference. Indian government have blocked kashmir.Naga political front blocked manipur. UNC powerful than government. many security forces killed too.

 

[Dean Winchester]

That a difference. Indian government have blocked kashmir.Naga political front blocked manipur. UNC powerful than government. many security forces killed too.

Only 3-4 policemen killed in Manipur.

UNC and NSCN-IM are allies of Indian government, so we have decided only intervention from us will in be form of arbitration.
There is no need to take a hard stance against a friendly militia like NSCN-IM.
Also NSCN-IM chief is a close friend of NSA Doval.

 

[Indian_gorkha]

Only 3-4 policemen killed in Manipur.

UNC and NSCN-IM are allies of Indian government, so we have decided only intervention from us will in be form of arbitration.
There is no need to take a hard stance against a friendly militia like NSCN-IM.
Also NSCN-IM chief is a close friend of NSA Doval.

It's his regular thing to exaggerate any deaths of Indian police or army.