The Haunting Image Of A Meitei Man, 28‑year‑old Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, Begging For His Life Just Before He Was Killed By Kuki Militants. This happened yesterday.
#ManipurViolence
I am reposting the below article written in 2023, so that people are aware of the situation.
The total land area of Manipur is approximately 22,000 sq km, of which about 10% is valley area, surrounded on all sides by 90% hills.
Manipur is inhabited by four major groups: the Meiteis, Nagas, Kukis, and Meitei Pangals.
The valley Meiteis are Hindus, while the hill people Nagas and Kukis are Christians, and the Meitei Pangals are Muslims. After Independence, the Meiteis were classified as General category, while the hill people were classified as Scheduled Tribes.
The present issue mainly arises from three reasons:
1.Most of the hills where the Kukis are settled have poppy plantations. Recently, the government has been destroying these poppy plantations, and they are angry at the government for this. They claim it is their livelihood, illegal poppy cultivation for the processing of heroin and drugs.
2.All land belongs to the government, including hills and forests. Kukis are settled in Myanmar as well, and due to the ongoing Myanmar military issue, many Myanmar Kukis have illegally immigrated to the hills of Manipur. Manipur Kukis are allegedly helping them settle by creating fake Aadhaar cards, thereby becoming citizens illegally. New villages were coming up, and the government found that these illegal immigrants were encroaching on reserved forest areas and began evicting them. However, the Kukis are playing the victim card and claiming the hills belong to them.
3.About 90% of the hill land is protected by the MLR and LR Act and Article 371C, something similar to Article 370. Since the hill people are Scheduled Tribes, no one can buy land or settle in tribal areas.
As a result, the hills remain sparsely populated, while the 10% valley land, the land of the indigenous Meiteis who have lived there since time immemorial and have over 2,000 years of chronicled history, is open to everyone. Since the Meiteis are classified as General category, anyone can come, buy land, and permanently settle there for business or work.
Anyone and everyone can settle in the valley. The Meiteis are becoming a minority in their own land in the very near future. There is no safeguard for indigenous Meiteis simply because they are classified as General, while the indigenous hill people receive constitutional safeguards as Scheduled Tribes. Because of this discrimination among indigenous people of the same state, the Meiteis are demanding ST status to obtain constitutional protection. The tribals are opposing this demand.
Communal riots between Kukis and Meiteis have resulted in many deaths, with homes and Hindu temples being burned.
Yesterday’s brutal murder of an innocent Meitei man once again proves that Meiteis are not safe in their own home.
Suspected Kuki militants abduct Meitei-Kuki couple, kill husband in Manipur
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@ndtv Detect , delete and deport all the kuki illegal immigrants narcoterrorist from Manipur soil is the only solution for peace in Manipur. We Manipuri demand NRC ASAP in Manipur and kick out all the kuki illegal immigrants ASAP. Enough is enough.
The brutal execution of one innocent civilian M. Rishikanta Singh of Kakching Khunou at CCpur last night by Kuki millitants is strongly condemned. Such heinous crime should be dealt with iron hands & stringent actions be taken up by the Government at the earliest.
@PMOIndia
@IndiaTodayNE@Bimol_Akoijam We Manipuri will protect our motherland from illegal immigrants narcoterrorist. We Manipuri demand NRC ASAP in Manipur. Detect , delete and deport all the illegal immigrants narcoterrorist from Manipur soil. GOI must stop playing proxy war in Manipur. Long Live Manipur.
The locals of Manipur’s capital are Hindus. The city is besieged from multiple directions by violent Kuki infiltrators who have ethnically cleansed Hindus from the territories they now occupy.
Why is @KreatelyMedia peddling divisive, inflammatory misinformation that vilifies the victims? Whose agenda do you serve?
@narendramodi We Manipuri demand NRC ASAP. Detect , delete and deport all the illegal immigrants narcoterrorist from Manipur soil ASAP. Long live Manipur, jai hind 🇮🇳
@NewsIADN We Manipuri demand NRC ASAP in Manipur. Detect , delete and deport all the illegal immigrants narcoterrorist from Manipur soil ASAP. Love Manipur or leave. Long Live Manipur.
@Kamginthan40473 We Manipuri demand NRC ASAP and Detect ,delete and deport all the illegal immigrants narcoterrorist from Manipur soil in New Year. Love Manipur or leave. Long Live Manipur.
@laimacha@lungletna@JShakurB Refugees in India cannot demand land as a fundamental right, as India lacks a national refugee law and is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. Kuki have refugee tag in Manipur, they don't have any rights. Manipur is for Manipuri not for kuki refugee.
@paolienlal@the_hindu@htTweets@HMOIndia We Manipuri demand NRC ASAP. Detect , delete and deport all the illegal immigrants narcoterrorist from Manipur soil ASAP. Love Manipur or leave. Long Live Manipur !
@paolienlal We Manipuri demand NRC ASAP in Manipur. Detect , delete and deport all the illegal immigrants narcoterrorist from Manipur soil ASAP. Love Manipur or leave, Long Live Manipur !
The #KukiMilitants ready for the war against Non-Believer !!
They are seen gathering near a Meitei Villages with the Christian Cross ✝️ in their camp .
This isn’t an ethnic conflict but a series of attacked on Meitei villages by the Kuki Terrorist for the last 18 months
@AmitShah@ndtv@htTweets@SwarajyaMag
@paolienlal@PMOIndia Yes , so we Manipuri demand NRC ASAP and Detect , delete and deport all the kuki illegal immigrants narcoterrorist from Manipur soil ASAP. Love Manipur or leave. Long live Manipur.
@shimray2011 We Manipuri will protect our motherland from illegal immigrants narcoterrorist. After NRC Manipur will get peace. Love Manipur or leave. Long Live Manipur !
2001 Census is controversial.
Population growth above 100% is impossible.
Final Electoral Roll (6 Jan 2025) shows bonafide voters, but EP ratio is abnormally low in some districts.
Delimitation based on wrong data will take Manipur the wrong way.
NRC first cut off base year 1951.
Proper Census first. Then
Delimitation later
@PaulMate6 Manipur is for Manipuri not for illegal immigrants kuki refugee who claimed as the lost tribe of Israel. Can you proudly say " Long Live Manipur " ? Do you even know your identity? We gave u food and shelter doesn't mean we will give our motherland. Love Manipur or leave. Nomad