Manipur: 10 Kuki MLAs assert they do not have any intention to communicate with CM Biren Singh
Kuki MLAs have stated that they do not have any intention to communicate with the Manipur Chief Minister, N Biren Singh.
The MLAs' stated Biren claim of communicating with the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs may be a ploy to sow seeds of mistrust and disunity between the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs and their people.
The MLAs in a statement said, «all the 10 Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs that we have not been in touch with CM N Biren Singh since the outbreak of the communal violence in May 2023. Of late, Imphal valley had become a „Valley of Death“ for the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar people.
The streets and roads of Imphal and its surrounding valley are dangerous for the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar people, even the identity of Paramilitary personnel on duty are not spared, they were checked and verified by the so-called Meira Paibis. Our official quarters and private residences are either looted, attacked or burned by mobs.
We do not have any intention to communicate with the CMN. Biren Singh.
His claim of communicating with the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs may be a ploy to sow seeds of mistrust and disunity between the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs and their people. Once again we strongly reiterate our legitimate demand for creation of Separate Administration within the purview of the Indian Constitution in order to restore permanent peace and settlement.»
Days before the vital assembly session in Manipur on August 29, Chief Minister Singh held a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and discussed the state’s situation.
An official said that Singh, accompanied by a few ministers and state BJP leaders, held a meeting with Shah in New Delhi on Thursday night and returned to Imphal on Friday.
The Chief Minister upon his return to the state capital refused to disclose the details of his
