Manipur: More central forces sent; Kuki People’s Alliance withdraws support to Biren's govt. 10 updates
Alliance. Ten additional companies of central troops reached Manipur on Monday. These include five from Central Reserve Police Force, three from Border Security Force, and one each from Sashastra Seema Bal and Indo-Tibetan Border Police as per the HT report.
At present, around 125 companies of different paramilitary forces have been deployed in the strife-torn Manipur and nearly 164 columns of the Indian Army and Assam Rifles. One company has around 120-135 personnel. There are around 55-70 personnel in one army column.
The Kuki People’s Alliance on Sunday withdrew its support to the Manipur CM Biren Singh’s government. The withdrawal of support by the Kuki People’s Alliance will not bring about much change in the power dynamics of the state government as they had been a minor ally. The Kuki People’s Alliance (KPA) had two MLAs lending support to the BJP government led by Biren Singh.
The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an umbrella body of several Imphal-based civil society organisations, has decided to boycott the state government for its failure to convene an emergency session of the legislative assembly and inept handling of the ongoing unrest in the state which has so far claimed over 160 lives. COCOMI will not cooperate with any activities initiated by the state government, convener Jeetendra Ningomba said. Manipur Police has suspended five police personnel including the station in charge of the area where the incident of two women being stripped and paraded by a mob had taken place on 4 May.
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