27 Lakh Voters were deleted in West Bengal.
These were not 'dead people' or 'bangladeshis'. These were real people who had already appealed to get their votes restored. The Supreme court could’ve delayed the West Bengal elections until the tribunals finished hearing the appeals of these voters. But they didn’t. Only around 1607 voters were restored in time by phase 2 of these elections. Almost every appeal that was heard turned out to be a wrongful deletion.
In any functional democracy, this would not count as a free and fair election where a large section of voters have lost their voting rights. I'm not saying that TMC would've won for sure if they were added back, maybe BJP would still win, but the question is about the fairness of these elections.
Free and fair elections are a spectrum. Ever since Delhi-Maharashtra-Bihar-Bengal, this needle has moved more and more towards being unfair. Each time somehow the opposition parties participate as usual in the electoral process thinking that they can still pull of a win despite the compromised EC, ED, CBI etc. and each time they have been proven wrong after 2024 Lok Sabha. The question is, at what point will they feel that the level of unfairness is so unfair that elections should be boycotted?
I personally feel TMC should have refused to participate in these elections until all those 27 lakh appeals were finished being heard.
📍Saibol, Manipur: Kuki women in Saibol, Manipur are facing violence and injustice at the hands of central forces. How long will this continue? @PMOIndia@HMOIndia@rashtrapatibhvn@UN_Women
#Securityforces allegedly used tear gas and physical force against Kuki-Zo women protesters in Saibol village, #Kangpokpi district, on December 31, leaving multiple people injured and sparking outrage across the region. #manipur
https://t.co/Uw4knRFp3H
Shame on The Central Forces like @crpfindia and @BSF_India who are doing the BIDDINGS of the #Meitei government of #MANIPUR - the land of flowing tears and blood of the #Kukis! The manipulative, calculative and manhandling of unarmed Kuki women by the forces need to be CHECKED
#Securityforces allegedly used tear gas and physical force against Kuki-Zo women protesters in Saibol village, #Kangpokpi district, on December 31, leaving multiple people injured and sparking outrage across the region. #manipur
https://t.co/Uw4knRFp3H
📍SAIBOL
#Manipur : Mistreatments of #KukiZo women by @BSF_India and @crpfindia raises concerns about systemic bias.
Meanwhile Meira Paibis provocative actions often go unchecked.
We demand accountability,
promote fairness and equal protection under the law.
@thewire_in
Seems like Meitei Government & CM @NBirenSingh still fail to understand Kuki-Zo Community is directly under Home Minister @AmitShah ji.
You don't have any authorities nor right beyond buffer zone. Let this be told to everyone within 650sqkms.
@MaharajaManipur@thewire_in@ANI
Manipur: CoTU calls for action as fringe-area insurgency sparks new unrest in state
The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) staged a 12-hour shutdown across Sadar Hills in Kangpokpi District, accompanied by a mass protest at Gamgiphai, to denounce what they allege as recurring attacks by armed valley-based insurgents. The protests were sparked by incidents beginning on Christmas Eve in the Bungpi region, where violence and demolition activities have heightened tensions
#Manipur #CoTU #TribalUnity #SadarHills #KangpokpiDistrict #Insurgency #MassProtest #ArmedAttacks #BungpiRegion #ManipurUnrest
Kuki women in Saibol, Manipur, are being brutalized under the guise of combing operations. @Spearcorps, your combing operations are turning into terror campaigns against Kuki women.
Ending the year with fear & terror, utmost condemnation to such acts of dehumanisation.
📍Saibol, Manipur: Kuki women in Saibol, Manipur are facing violence and injustice at the hands of central forces. How long will this continue? @PMOIndia@HMOIndia@rashtrapatibhvn@UN_Women
An emergency shutdown has been announced in #Saikul, #Manipur on December 31 after locals clashed with security personnel in #Saibol when local women gathered gathered to protest what they described as the "forceful occupation" of community bunkers by security personnel.
According to witnesses, the situation escalated when forces deployed tear gas against the unarmed demonstrators.
#ManipurViolence #Emergency #ShutDown #Northeast #IndiaTodayNE
Security forces allegedly used tear gas and physical force against Kuki-Zo women protesters in Saibol village, Kangpokpi district, on December 31, leaving multiple people injured and sparking outrage across the region.
#Manipur#ManipurViolence#Violence#Kangpokpi#Protestors #Clash #KukiZo #Northeast #IndiaTodayNE