@themeiteitweets@Bimol_Akoijam The best parliamentary speech in the history of Manipur! We have never had an assertive MP like oja @Bimol_Akoijam. "I will keep quiet when PM opens his mouth and the nationalist party says that Manipur is part of India and we care the people of that state".๐ฅ
Dear @chauhan_shokin
As a respected veteran, kindly stick to facts and not propaganda (Video 1) Refer Facts Pic 1 and English Translation Pic 2. Tell me which one of the demands is against India and in National interest.
As a man in uniform, do you support:
1. Indians or #Kuki #IllegalImmigrants from #Myanmar
2. Implementation of #NRC and deporting illegal immigrants.
3. Abrogate #SoO with Kuki groups & take strict actions for violating #SoO conditions
4. Border Fencing in Indo-Myanmar (@AmitShah has announce this. Do you oppose this?
5. Action against large-scale poppy cultivation in #Manipur.
It lowers the dignity of the institution you represent and among your own fraternity (Pic 4).
@VeteranLNSingh@pushkal_dwivedi@MNageswarRaoIPS@ANI@manipur_police@official_dgar@easterncomd@AbhijitChavda@TheIndianJosh@ajeetbharti@OpIndia_com@pGurus1@DivyaSoti@RituRathaur
Dear @nikita_jain15
It has been more than 24 hours we mailed you regarding the factual errors in your misleading article. Despite our telephonic conversation and multiple follow ups by our team, you have declined to share co-ordinates of @Sudha_Ra@Diplomat_APAC
to discuss our concerns; nor have you acknowledged our mail.
We are therefore constrained to highlight the errors in your article here. We request you to take down this misleading report. The errors in your article are listed below:
1. The bodies of over 80 people of the Kuki-Zo community, which were lying in a morgue at an Imphal Hospital for almost a year were buried by the community in a grave set up atop a mountain in Manipur, India, 2024.
Factual errors:
i. It was 60 bodies which were lying at 2 Govt hospitals namely RIMS and JNIMS
ii. Not for almost 1 year but 7-8 months.
iii. Imphal Hospital is a private hospital and does not have a morgue.
Note: Kuki CSOs threatened the families from claiming the bodies or compensation, which led to CJI slamming their lawyer; omitted. Missing in the story).
2. Premlatha, a Meitei woman, traveled all the way from Manipur to Delhi:
Factual error: She came on a flight. National Highways are blocked by Kuki Militants since May, 2023 and Meiteis canโt travel by road and forced to take expensive flight. Her flight ticket was raised by donation by 12 CSOs, including Meitei Heritage Society), a distance of 2,251 km by road, to make her voice be heard by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Her 18-year-old son Unthane (Incorrect name: Should be Anthony).
3. The Meiteis comprise 51 percent of Manipurโs population and are predominantly Hindu although there are some Meitei Muslims and Christians as well. They mostly reside in the Imphal valley and hold most positions of power in the government, police and bureaucracy
Factual error: Top bureaucrats are held by Tribes particularly Kuki. E.g https://t.co/iVc54e8qME 3 Meiteis Vs at least 7 Kukis in Top 21. The former DGP was also a Kuki P Doungel when violence broke on May 3, until his transfer in June last year. Similar with Bureaucrats).
4. Meiteis are not allowed to purchase land in Manipurโs hill districts, where the Kukis live, alongside other tribal communities, collectively known as Kuki-Zo. The Kuki-Zo comprise 14 percent of Manipurโs population and have held Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for years.
Misleading because you juxtapose the 51% Meitei population Vs 14%; but conveniently omit the cmost crucial aspect that is this 51% population is boxed in less than 10% land; which even all tribes accept. Kuki or any tribe can buy land in valley, further shrinking the land for Meiteis. Technically, an apartheid on land rights for Meiteis. It is tragic that Meiteis can buy land in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata or Chennai but not in their homeland of over 2000 years.)
5. On May 3 last year, news spread that a rally in Churachandpur where the All Tribal Students Union had opposed the Manipur High Courtโs recommendation of โScheduled Tribeโ status to the Meiteis, had turned violent.
Factual error/misleading: It is not news but a fact. At least, 3 Kuki Militants with AK-47 participated in rally and by 3:30 PM, began burning Meitei villages and the videos became viral. See complete details with evidence here: https://t.co/UdpN0ZF6Sb )
6. The violence spread like wildfire through Manipur. In Imphal, the Kuki-Zo were forced to run from their homes as mobs started burning their homes and properties. Soon the violence spread to the hill districts where both Meitei and Kuki-Zo were attacked
Major factual error: Violence already started in Churachandpur by Kuki Mobs and Militants which include burning of Forest office, looting of Gun shop and then eventually burning of Meitei villages in Torbung Bangla and then Moreh.
Retaliation by Meiteis started by around 7:00-7:30 PM when videos of the burning of Meitei houses became viral. Please refer previous link)
7. Many lost their lives. No Kuki-Zo live in valley today.
Gross Factual error/ and completely misleading: Meitei settlements in Churachandpur and Moreh were cleansed and in the Churachandpur the colonies were reduced to ground zero using bulldozer in text book ethnic cleansing method, deployed by Israel in Palestine and denounced by the UN. https://t.co/1AynG8o6Wu
8. The mob belonged to the Arambai Tenggol, an armed Meitei militia.
Misleading: You conveniently skipped the Kuki Militants burning Meitei Villages and selectively cites example of Arambai Tengol. Why?)
9. Although Arambai Tenggol claims to be a sociocultural organization that is working toward reinstating Sanamahism as the official religion of ManipurโSanamahism was the religion of the Meitei before Hinduism replaced it in the eighteenth centuryโ it is an armed militia that has been at the forefront of the ongoing ethnic conflict and is accused of rampant harassment, extortion and violence.
Factual error: They took up arms after the violence because naturally you canโt fight Kuki Militants with AK 47 walking openly in streets with Lathis and catapults.
10. The ethnic violence in Manipur has claimed the lives of over 200 people and displaced close to 60,000 people of the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities. The majority of the victims are from the Kuki-Zo community. There are close to 45,000 Kuki-Zo people still living in difficult conditions in different camps for the displaced of the hill districts, while 15,000 displaced Meitei people are living in camps set up in Imphal.
Major Factual error: As per Govt report, in Sept 2023 there were 59,425 victims in Relief camps of which 23,853 were Meiteis and 35,572 were Kukis.
11. Since the start of the violence, traveling between the valley and the hills has stopped, making it impossible for the tribal community to have access to the national airport in Imphal.
Misleading: Portrays Kuki Zo have been denied access to travel. National Highways are blocked by Kuki Militants since May 2023 and Meiteis can't travel by road and forced to take expensive flight. Most Meiteis canโt afford flights.
12. Premlatha, whose son went missing in November 2023, says that all she knows about him is that he was last seen in Dimapur, the capital of the neighboring state of Nagaland.
Factual error: They left from their home in a bike and crossed the buffer Zone at Sekmai, outside Imphal and kidnapped by Kuki Militants.
13.โAnother boy of the same age as my son went missing that day too. So we went to the Chief Ministerโs Office and were informed that Kuki volunteers took the boys away,โ
Factual error/ Misquote: Militants abducted them not village volunteers taking them away.
14. Pictures of the two Manipuri students went viral on social media. One was of the two boys sitting in fear in front of armed men
Major factual error: They were Kuki Militants and CBI has arrested 5 of them. https://t.co/FqfIJttqEp ).
15. Amid the ongoing elections to the lower house of the Indian parliament, the situation in Manipur has worsened. Fresh violence was reported from Manipurโs Tengnoupal district between two insurgent groups on April 12, merely six days before the state was supposed to vote. On April 14, unidentified gunmen shot dead two tribal village defense volunteers
Misleading: They were Kuki Militants.
16. The people of Manipur are disappointed with the Manipur High Court not bringing to justice those behind the violence in several major cases, including the gang rape and public parading of two Kuki women. The video of these horrific cases went viral on social media.
Misleading: The first gang rape victim was a Meitei raped by at least 5 Kuki Miscreants/Militants until she lost consciousness on May 3, 2023 โ the first day of the violence. https://t.co/iDUHAqSAVB The news spread, triggering the unfortunate parading incident)
17. The Kuki-Zo community is demanding a separate administration for themselves. The Meitei community, meanwhile, is calling for strict action on โillegal immigrants.โ
Factual error: Amit Shah has said in Lok Sabha about the role of illegal immigration, so has Jai Shankar. As per UNHCR report, during Feb 2021 and May 1, 2023, 53,500 Myanmar refugees came to India. Authorities concede the unofficial number is much higher. In 2 days alone, on July 22-23, 718 illegal immigrants from Myanmar entered Chandel district. The President of the Zomi Revolutionary Army, Mr Thanglianpao Guite, admitted he was an elected MP of Myanmar and migrated to India in 1995. The Home Ministry initiated an investigation on how he and his family acquired Indian citizenship Please refer https://t.co/UdpN0ZF6Sb.
We understand the challenges of covering this Manipur crisis, due to layers of complex issues, lack of information/understanding of the background and challenges to access the correct information etc.
But as a respected media house, we expect the highest level of journalism and balanced reporting.
As evident, the article is littered with factual errors and therefore we request you to kindly remove this article.
@tilhou9 So when even the Congress agent is not visible RPI and independent candidates agents no chance. In my booth, all genuine voters don't vote for BJP. Only the BJP workers voted multiple times for their known supporters.
@tilhou9 M at ground, went around a good part of my kendra. No visible erangs. But the customary proxy happens. But at many booths only BJP agents available. No Congress agent.
@tilhou9 We need to change the system/political culture. Just one Bimol or Mahesh or Kaiku won't do. This election money spending must be the lowest for all candidates (not sure about BJP). This is a change.
@DrLamtinthangHk@NBirenSingh Please explain in detail what the SP has done unconstitutional that the govt properties have to be burnt down. Have some shame doctor. You r letting the youth spoiling der life.
Dear #Indians,
Churchanpur is the first city in India with Military Rule. Military Rule by Kuki insurgency/Suspension of Operation (SoO) such as ZRA,KNO,etc.
Where are the KUKI MLAs?
TAKE ACTION!
Most Kukis have become drug Peddlers(Caught in Assam & Mizoram) & Militants!