Defence Min Rajnath Singh appeals to Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur to hold a “heart-to-heart” conversation
Meitei and kuki communities in Manipur to sit together and hold “heart-to-heart” conversation to end the trust deficit.
Singh while addressing an election rally in Mizoram’s Tipa, area bordering Myanmar, said that violence is no solution to any problem and the two communities in Manipur must talk to each other to improve the situation in the state.
“The Northeast region has been peaceful in the last nine years. Insurgency has ended in every state.
However, we have witnessed unfortunate incidents of violence in Manipur this year and it is painful for us,” he said.
“Violence is no solution to any problem. What we need is heart-to-heart conversation.
I appeal to both the communities (Meitei and Kuki) to sit together and end the trust deficit,” Singh added.
The ethnic violence which broke out on May 3 has left over 180 people dead and hundreds wounded or displaced.
“I want to say that it (violence) did not take place because of any political party. It happened because of certain situations,” the senior BJP leader said, adding, «When the situation in Manipur was deteriorating, Congress tried its best to do politics over it.
There is a need to keep the entire country including Mizoram and the northeast away from the negative politics of Congress.»
Singh said an operation to ensure a drug-free Mizoram will be rolled out if the BJP comes to power in the state. “When Congress was ruling at the Centre, they carried out the country's first air strike on Mizoram.
