In New Delhi thousands from Meitei community holds protest

New Delhi: Under Manipur Coordination Committee (Delhi), thousands of Meitei community on Sunday staged a peace demonstration at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, demanding restoration of peace and normalcy in Manipur and condemning divisive politics.
A release issued by the Manipur Coordination Committee (Delhi), a group of Manipur CSOs and student organizations in Delhi supported by democratic groups from other parts of India, said that the demonstration Meanwhile, the participants called for peace and normalcy in the state and categorically condemned it. The divisive politics is allegedly initiated by the drug mafia and the armed militant groups of Chin-Kuki-Zu and is supported by the respective political classes.
It said that despite the large-scale combing operation by central and state forces, the violence continued.

“The violence is orchestrated by the drug mafia and kuki militants and further supported by the political class. And the unshakable Meitei community have become victims of this outrageous revenge,” it read.
He urged the authorities to straighten the facts against fake news and false propaganda, saying that since the violence started in Manipur on May 3, there has been a lot of fake news and false propaganda circulating on social media, and national and international news channels
He added, “Meiteis have been portrayed as perpetrators of violence in the valley districts, however, incidents of burning of Meiteis houses in the Kuki-majority areas of Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts have not been brought to light.
He alleged that the reality behind the anti-reservation protests was a web of operations orchestrated by a nexus of Kuki militants, frontal organizations, intellectuals and politicians.
He maintained that even 30 days after the violence erupted, several houses were set on fire by Kuki militants on Friday in Sugnu, Kakching district, and 10 days later Indian army and paramilitary forces Despite the deployment of troops, Meitei village in Torbung. The bungalow was set on fire by Kuki militants on May 13.
On Friday night (June 2), Kuki militants burnt down 200 Meitei houses, including the house of a local MLA, and on May 20, two more houses were razed to the ground by Kuki militants in Dolaithabi, Imphal East.
“These show not only the amount of revenge but a plan to consolidate Kuki lebensraum (for the occupation of a nation with a growing population) in several foothills of the Imphal Valley and to wipe out the Meiteis from these areas. Also shows closed strategy.
So far, the houses of around 1800 families in 13 Meitei villages from Churachandpur district have been completely wiped out. Strangely enough, the place where Matti’s houses were repeatedly burnt was guarded by the Assam Rifles. Furthermore, all shops owned by Meiteis in Leimakhong have been looted, Kuki militants are now building bunkers inside abandoned Meitei houses,” it read.
He mentioned that though the vandalism of churches in the Imphal valley is an unfortunate turn of events. But in the violent act of arson, common sense prevailed and Naga churches and some Kuki churches were left largely untouched.
Unfortunately, so far, more than 3000 shrines of Sanamahi deity, 11 temples of Sanamahi religion and three Hindu temples have been burnt down by Kuki militants.
The first Ebuthou Pakhangba temple of the Sunamahi religion was burnt down in Churachandpur on 27 April, seven days before the actual violence on 3 May and in 2020, the Konu temple was burnt down by miscreants in Kangpokpi district.
The committee drew the attention of the government to restore peace and harmony in Manipur. To provide constitutional protection to the Meitei and Meitei Pangal (Manipur Muslim) people of Manipur. Sanamahi Temple in Manipur, protection of religious sites for both Hindu temples and churches; curbing illegal immigration from Myanmar; curbing drug terrorism; Protect the hills of Manipur from environmental threats and challenges caused by poppy plantations.
He also called for the immediate cancellation of the SoO agreement with the Kuki militants and the disarmament of the youth of Mete (without the cancellation of the SoO agreement with the Kuki militants, the youth of Mete cannot be disarmed. will be done); to maintain and protect the co-existence and territorial and administrative integrity of Manipur; Take action against foreign militants and protect India’s national security. and constitutional protection of the Meiteis.
It said that narco-terrorism was a major threat to national security and there was ample evidence of direct involvement of SO armed militants and other groups in poppy cultivation and drug trafficking have reached the political involvement of legislators.