60,000 internally displaced persons in Manipur. Yet no solutions in sight for them and their plight of indignity.
Wither lies India's CONSCIENCE?
Is our country a cricket drugged one? Cannot see beyond sports addiction ... to even have empathy for their fellow citizens? 🤔
Are meiteis faulting Indian Army? This is a bewildered question from mainland Indians.
Well the answer is : No
But there are nuances to that answer. You have to understand more than 70 years of militaristic and geopolitical imposed policy on Manipur (and the North East). You
Repeating this again
I have ad nauseum posted and written in public forums - let's not try to reduce the READYMADE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF ST to a system for quota, and Meitei begetting quota.
Personally I want :
1. 59 seats reserved Assembly seats for indigenous Manipuris
Correct me if I am wrong:
@newslaundry
did a video narrating the kuki side. And did a splendid job looking at the quality of videos, preparation and the EMPATHY of the interviewer.
Now my concern is have they done a similar kind of video about Meitei NARRATIVE? Have they
Current situation of Manipur. See the amount of forces deployed just for these school girls shouting slogans for brutal murder of School minors. Whereas in Churachandpur, there is no one to stop
#KukiChinZoSeparatists
Is law only applicable to Meiteis only!!??
As a moderator, did you feel you have been impartial to the narrative of Manipur crisis?
Why is there hesitancy to take cognizance of the Meitei narrative?
Justice ......it should also be 'seen'. Caesars wife should be above suspicion.
Dear Manipuris , please let these
Our panelists and representatives of partner organizations have arrived to Geneva. I look forward to moderating today, 4 pm Geneva time, our
#HRC54
side-event on
#HumanRights
in
#India
.
Now why have
@ndtv
deleted their tweet?
@MIB_India
Kindly clarify why there is a rumour that one MIB official (kuki) is suppressing this news?
#ManipurFightsBack
Glad that
@PrinceArihan
could get through the core of what is happening in Manipur.
At the same time the CI aspect is also playing spoilsport for us meiteis.
GOI needs to come above the militaristic mindset towards the solution of Insurgency in Manipur.
Correction:
Investigation of RC 24/2023/NIA/DLI by NIA revealed that , Myanmar and Bangladesh based (Chin-Kuki) militant groups have entered into a conspiracy with a section of (Chin-Kuki) militant leaders in India to indulge in incidents of violence with an intention to drive a
#Manipur
JUST IN -- NIA has arrested Seiminlun Gangte from Churachandpur in a case related to a transnational conspiracy by Myanmar and Bangladesh based leadership of terror outfits to wage war against the Govt. of India by exploiting the current ethnic unrest in the State of
If you go to the X account of
@thecaravanindia
and make a search using "Manipur" - see whether you are surprised with the timeline search results.
You will also see a certain journalist very active.
Make your judgement.
And
@IndEditorsGuild
says the Meitei local media is
As this is not a Kuki story, want to bet
@vijaita
et all WILL NOT PICK THIS STORY and publish on
@the_hindu
?
And neither the
@the_hindu
editors will allow it to be publish in their "esteem and reputed" news.......because its a "Meitei" story?
And oh yes, don't even expect
Cannot disagree with the author's points 👇
Excerpt:
"(e) A person who is advising the chief executive of India has been chosen for not only his proven track record of internal security management but also because he was expected to be a person of extremely well-honed and high
A thread on the controversial "700 sq miles"
A community loves to quote a disinformation of a certain sentence in this dissertation
But have they read it completely? (1/8)
The Complexities of Tribal Land Rights and Conflict in Manipur
Let the authorities address the elephant in the room immediately.
DESTROY THE CURRENT POPPY PLANTATION IN MANIPUR IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE HARVEST SEASON KICKS IN.
Narco trade is the FUEL AND ENGINE for the conflict.
Dear Manipuris, please shout out till the authorities take
If the new study finds that all the current STs who are following Christianity are more well off and are now NOT eligible , then will this author agree to such conclusions?
Are any tribals in the rest of the world Christians?🤔
#Article
: This is to urge all sensible
#Meitei
leaders who endorse the slogan of “
#Manipur
integrity cannot be disturbed...” Not doing so will only reinforce the suspicion amongst the
#tribes
of
#Manipur
that the Meitei
#ScheduledTribe
demand leaders are bent on getting the ST
Hello you have missed out the facts of whereabouts of the mobile phones of the victims. The investigating authorities CAN .....if they are not bottlenecked by politics. Actually it's your responsibility to push for their Accountability even in presence of politics.......if you
Dear Manipuris
Understand the strategy of disinformation/misinformation
And please don't fall into the trap.
There is a method to the madness. Just be vigilant. Observe the pattern. Be wary.
But respond wisely and respectfully fighting outright the propaganda and lies.
It's been years since I have been saying that Manipur suffers from the following diseases :
👉Corruption
👉Misgovernance
👉Insurgency
👉Narco trade (recent addition)
All that we suffer are symptoms of the above.
Manipur will normalise when each and every Manipuri understands
Will
@vijaita
n other anti-Meitei journalist groups
@IndEditorsGuild
publish these damning facts that sowed the seeds of current crisis?
Why
@NBirenSingh
have not instituted a HPC to look into the demographic engineering n land encroachment schemes?
@imosingh
@drnabakishor
Your politicians, elites built malls and shops in Imphal, bought land and built houses in Imphal, your CSOs have their offices in Imphal.
You never thought of asking them to invest their monies to build these mall/shop/houses in Hills instead to develop the hills? How are the
The deep disparity and uneven development in Manipur is glaringly evident during this time of crisis. For the Kukis there is no access to proper hospitals, forget speciality hospitals, higher educational institutions, airport, etc.
Sharing something I wrote in Facebook in May 2016
👇
Two reactions on the issue of ST demand can be seen a popular local newspaper
1. A pro ST article
2. A anti ST article
Reading both, one may realise who is politicising an
Larger question which is a mystery and should not be missed by every Manipur:
If culprits can be caught within days of viral of two naked women, and the viral photo of two death teenagers
WHY DID THE INDIAN STATE ALLOW THE "ETHNIC CONFLICT" TO GO ON FOR MORE THAN 5 MONTHS ?
1000 crores superspeciality hospital funded by drug money and purely free charitable can work wonders in Churchandpur. With these kinds of funds lots of talented doctors from mainland India can be hired with very good pay.
This way the Kukis have a region leading world class
Leftist journalist are something.
I just realised these past few months, especially few days.
Just feel sad. Before the Manipur crisis, I used to hold them in higher pedestal......but turns out it's an illusion.
Don't even want to engage them.
Don't get distracted from the larger game plan on you.
Have the capacity to see through the traps laid down on you.
RESPOND DON'T REACT.
#ManipurFightsBack
Appeasing Meitei will bring more dividends for GOI and Army for the eastern economic corridor.
Geopolity and militarily also.
Only moot question is how far GOI will go?
Remember Manipuris, especially, meiteis have suffered innumerable "insults" (perception or otherwise)
While talks with Kuki groups in Manipur continue, MHA also asks NIA to probe two SoO groups among 4 for fomenting trouble in the state. It alleges they are being supported by People’s Defence Force of Myanmar. I report
Is this post to garner more likes/followers/subscribers?
Why is it being insinuated that meiteis are vilifying army? Is that a fact?
Or is the complaints against AR is being packaged as a narrative? Does this journalist know that AR is paramilitary and not Army?
Meitei has to fight these kind of people who are blind to the ethnic cleansing of meiteis propagated by Kuki, kuki militants and Kuki SOO militants.
These people spews such negativity towards meiteis......and their ilk are those who inspite of many resources and data about
The
#Meitei
nationalism that
#BirenSingh
has nurtured is threatening to overtake him.
Will the chief minister be capable to keep the hatred he has stoked within his control?
It behoves a mature democracy to fix accountability for such an utter breakdown of law and order,
The debate should be whether
👉ST addresses the CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS the Meitei needs.....and how much it ticks as solutions towards that....akin to a constitutional framework
If the demand remain on technical grounds.....some section of meiteis will never see the merit of
Today, I assume the roles of a sister, brother, mother, and father to express my strong condemnation of this act.
#IndiaHorrorMurder
#ManipurHorrorMurder
What could the
#KukiTerrorists
possibly aim to accomplish by taking the lives of two innocent students? My hope has been
Is the CJI saying it's OK for the
@IndEditorsGuild
to lie/report fake stories as it is their FOE/opinion???????
Or does it mean that Section 154A is not appropriate for this? And that this does not mean
@IndEditorsGuild
are not wrong?
Can
@gautambhatia88
help me out in
Good job CBI.
Now please swiftly investigate and do the needful for all the other pending cases IRRESPECTIVE of which communities are involved.
BOTH THE VICTIMS OF TWO COMMUNITIES SHOULD GET A SENSE OF JUSTICE.
And that's how you restore the TRUST to the Indian State....and
Is Poppy Cultivation legalized in Manipur ?
This video of mass poppy plantation right in front of what appears to be a camp of Assam Rifles and not Army as mentioned in the subtitle, is doing the rounds in social media.
Any confirmation which part of Manipur this is and when
As a citizen, one would be happy if Army/AR also ask
@IndEditorsGuild
to investigate how many prominent kuki X handles gets access to confidential information...say about army deployment etc?
Why such handles posted Meitei officers list etc
For a balance narrative. 🙏
Fruits if Corruption and Misgovernance.
Recruitment through bribes...and poor training.
Very poor sensitisation of cadres.
One day they will themselves be victims of such institutions.
Connect the dots.
Why any vested interest would want AFSPA to be implemented again in valley?
This is called narrative building.
And deflection of how AFSPA was removed from certain valley area. Of the massive protest against and Irom Sharmila's 16 years fast against it.
Will it be an askable question as a citizen - why have the STATE reduced it's citizens to like this?
WHO is going to address their helplessness?
WHO is going to assure them off their fears?
WHO is going to empathise with them instead of a condescension and "OTHERING"?
WHO is
A scene of 1 town road in Manipur, guarded by local ladies called Meira Paibies (Torch bearer of Manipur) in the middle of night
The picture tells many poignant stories & if you closely on it, 3 ladies are still awake to keep a watch.
#ManipurFightsBack
#ManipurNeedsPeace
Sorry you cannot hide what was fundamentally wrong in your action:
Disallowing the other side's story of the two communities which are in conflict.
If you cannot be cognizant of the Meitei side of story , HOW can you come to conclusions of what the conflict is about?
Has any
There are "modified" videos of our
#India
#Manipur
event yesterday circulating on Twitter aiming to make me look as if I "silenced" a gentleman speaking from the floor. Please watch the original video here:
You still don't get it
@paranjoygt
????
You will never get the required indepth analysis from persons like her who carries deep rooted prejudices against meiteis.
Why are you giving space to such person? Just because you are friends? She doesn't understand Manipur as she
It's good that false narratives and propaganda are slowly being debunked.
Few important questions not to be missed: Why Kuki targeted Meitei civilians when they are angry at the Government?
Who brainwashed then that Meitei are the cause of their miseries? And why?
What kind of
Support this.
Manipur needs demilitarisation and freedom from insurgency.
CORRUPTION
MISGOVERNANCE
INSURGENCY
has been for long DISEASES of the state , the SYMPTOMS of which we suffer.
NARCO TRADE is the new DISEASE.
Let's strive for DISEASE free Manipur for our future
That the national highway is under the national highway protection force…….and the Union Government is responsible for an unrestricted movement on such……has become a BIG JOKE IN MANIPUR.
FOR SO MANY YEARS, THE ACTION OF ‘ECONOMIC BLOCKADE’ HAS BEEN A PRESSURE TACTICS BY ANY
Any power/force/persons attempting to divide Manipur will invite the full ire of those Manipuris who stand for 'idea' , land and people of Manipur.
.....and it will till the last manipuri standing.
Correct me if I am wrong
Have the
@the_hindu
ever written a news article about the various reports/videos from TV journalist/drone videos showing "alleged" collusions of AR with Kuki militants?
Or are Meiteis the ignorant fools who rant about anything?
Have the Hindu followed
The
#Assam
Rifles has written to the
#Manipur
police alerting the latter that “few Meitei miscreants” may use refurbished civilian trucks for “anti-national activities” to tarnish the reputation of the security forces.
@vijaita
Then what about ACCOUNTABILITY?
Can organisation like
@IndEditorsGuild
which are public organisations , get away with factual errors which can result into communal conflicts .....which can lead to loss of lives?
Isn't the FIR about ACCOUNTABILITY?????
DOES FOE MEANS NO
Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said the Editors Guild of India (
#EGI
) may be right or wrong in its report about “partisan media coverage” of the
#Manipurviolence
, but it has a right to free speech to put forth its views in print.
@kdrajagopal
What
@IndEditorsGuild
should have ask a very CORE AND EFFECTIVE one question would be :
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR GOI TO INVITE MEITEIS, KUKI, NAGAS TO DELHI AT THE SAME TIME AND TALK FOR A SOLUTION TOGETHER without continuing the 'divide and rule' policy?
🤔Why🤔
It's been 3 months after this news reports.
WHY are the concerned agencies/authorities still SILENT ON THIS?
@PrinceArihan
alleges Chinese involvement. Then isn't it the onus of the concerned authorities to bring out the truth whether these funds were transferred to Meitei
National media can have a condescending attitude towards Manipur and Manipuris....heck they may also subconsciously be suffering with the disease of "OTHERING".
But beyond your prejudices, bias, condescension, DO YOU HAVE PATIENCE TO REALLY HEAR THE STORIES OF THAT PART OF
@BikramjitMK
@walsaliby
If a moderator, based on false information, unfairly favors an organization like NAMTA, distorts facts about the crisis in Manipur, by claiming religion and minority issues, and silences one community to reach a misguided conclusion at the UN, their credibility is
Is it fair to vilify Meitei community just because you hate right wing/the BJP government of Manipur?
Is it taken for granted that Meitei can be a "collateral damage" in the geopolitics?
Why is it whatever Meitei says is taken with grain of salt and what others say as
Sharing a 2017 Facebook post of mine. Narco Trade economy is the new disease in addition to these.
"WHAT MANIPUR SUFFERS FROM ARE.....
........ONLY ........THREE DISEASES.....
YES, ONLY THREE DISEASES
👉CORRUPTION
👉MISGOVERNANCE
👉INSURGENCY
ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS,
Dear Manipuris.
Bring some sanity.
Use your grey cells as Hercule Poirot would say.
Observe the pattern
Be aware of who are using you (Meitei, Naga, Pangal, Kuki and rest of Manipuris ) as this for their vested interest 👇
Agree.
Maybe 20 years back, the kukis were helpful in CI against Naga and Meitei insurgents.
GOI needs to relook at this arrangement.
As a citizen, one is concerned that the present dealings does not result into ‘alienation resurgence’ and Manipur land up into the chaos of
@drnabakishor
@PrinceArihan
SoO party is the frankenstein monster that the Indian govt created, it feeds mostly on poppy, the monster surrounds the Imphal valley and we are dealing the tentacles of that monster.
Totally agree with tamo
@PradipPhanjouba
@IndEditorsGuild
will do a superlative job with their meticulous professionalism.
Heck they will prevent WW3. OMG......world peace will be in their hands!!!!!
@BDUTT
@KaranThapar_TTP
can help, perhaps with video coverage?
Days after mobile Internet was restored in
#Manipur
, photos of the bodies two Meitei students who went missing near Bishnupur on July 6, surfaced on social media. The bodies of the two are yet to be found,
@vijaita
reports.
@Glnica_
Imagine the kuki share of profits from Rs 70,000crores drug economy ....say Rs 20,000crores be invested in Kuki areas for developmental projects. Our Manipur state annual budget is Rs 30,000 crores.
So considering the sharing of profits, if the druglords and kuki elites used
See all these journalists of reputed news outlets. Check their TL make a search using 'kuki' and compare with 'meitei'. See the results.
Search using 'Manipur' and go through the article headlines and what it insinuates.
Observe the pattern.
Dear Meiteis try to understand what
That's India ......second in the list.
Let the paradox sink in - why is the conflict in Manipur allowed to linger on for more than 5 months?
#ManipurConflict
Number of military personnel:
🇨🇳 China: 2 million
🇮🇳 India: 1.4 m
🇺🇸 USA: 1.3 m
🇰🇵 North Korea: 1.2 m
🇷🇺 Russia: 900 k
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 651 k
🇮🇷 Iran: 610 k
🇰🇷 South Korea: 555 k
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 482 k
🇪🇬 Egypt: 438 k
🇲🇽 Mexico: 216 k
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 196 k
🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 165 k
🇪🇸 Spain:
I disagree with this clamour for PR. It's a disrespect and misdirection of what the conflict is about in Manipur. It's in fact dangerous.
We should not temper with the structure of federalism constitutionality.
THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN MANIPUR.
So to respect the
The situation is beyond the control of Manipur CM N Biren Singh because the enemy at play is not an enemy of the state of Manipur but an enemy of India. The enemy is foreign but the pawns are local. Therefore
@AmitShah
it my earnest appeal take charge. It will soon turn into a
Exactly.
Destroy everything about Aadhaar...it's ecosystem and data silos.
There are much better alternatives. Give power back to CITIZENRY. The state should remain SUBSERVIENT TO THE PEOPLE NOT VICE VERSA.
People should have the kill switch to non-performing governance.
The only way to undo
#Aadhaar
is to do to Aadhaar what the UK did to its National ID. Shred it's hard disks and legislate it as illegal.
Is that what you promise
@JhaSanjay
,
@RahulGandhi
?
#Leadership
is about accepting a mistake, not justifying it.
@ChitSilent
@vijaita
@the_hindu
@thecaravanindia
And they like
@IndEditorsGuild
have the gall to say Meitei medias are biased.
Feigning naivety of their own "unbiased" reports.
Dear Manipuris keep on analysing and observing these patterns. Let's call them out collectively. They can't go on vilifying a community to serve their
Every institutions have been demoralised.
Police are also delegitimised.
Police are made to confront citizens brutally
Is this healthy?
LEGISLATIVE is one of the fundamental 3 pillars of EXECUTIVE, JUDICIARY, LEGISLATIVE of a DEMOCRACY.
Don't we all need to stand up for
Are they seriously protesting against the prompt initiation of CBI inquiry?? What!! I re-read if I had misread the information. RALLY AGAINST CBI INQUIRY?!
This is something below human standards and below their own dignity. Kuki community can stoop so low. Disgusting and
Dear MP
@ShashiTharoor
Sir you have been very vocal about the horror of the viral video of the naked parade.
Would be reassuring if you also equally condemn this barbaric killing of two teenagers (which includes a girl who could be a daughter). It's concerning why you have not
“The horrific crimes being committed in
#Manipur
are beyond words”
India Horror Murder
It though Looks the
#Kuki_Zo
are being allowed to continue unabated with people with sophisticate guns roaming the streets of
#Churachandpur
Those KukiMilitants and their terrorist
EGI is deeply concerned about the raids at the residences of senior journalists on the morning of October 3, and the subsequent detention of many of those journalists. Urges the state to follow due process, and not to make draconian criminal laws as tools for press intimidation
Pay attention to this gentleman's words (he looks like a bureaucrat).
He is saying Kukis will hijack airport, railways ... basically taking control of everything with help of quota jobs in the government.
My key question: Are we seeing the results of this plan in action (must
Now it's been 5 months officially after the start of the conflict on May 3rd.
Any national media going to do any 'investigative' journalism to ask:
WHY THE 10 MLAs WHO ARE ASKING FOR A SEPARATE ADMINISTRATION FROM MAY 12th 2023, HAVE NOT BEEN DISQUALIFIED YET..... INSPITE OF
@KInhibited
@vijaita
Guys I feel we should spare
@vijaita
now.
Let's only call her out when her biases are apparent and wilful.
Too much undue attention is also not becoming of us. Apology if I sound offensive. Let's give her some space. Afterall she is a 'professional' and her reports are vetted
We can start by asking
WHY the Indian State (central and state government) were acting as mute silent spectators on May 3rd.....to be specific from 12:00pm May 3rd?
If we REALLY care.
Accountability should be fixed.
#ManipurConflict
#Manipur
I can not get the eyes of the young meitei couple in the photo out of my head or for that matter of the Kuki woman paraded naked... what makes me sad is that these moments of inhumanity we need not ask why or how but be broken and angry at the war that eats it's 1/n
Asking again:
WHY IS GOI ACTING IMPOTENT TO INVITE KUKI, MEITEI, NAGAS TO A SAME TABLE AND TALK OUT A SOLUTION AMENABLE TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS?
Let Army, RAW, IB, home ministry, defence ministry moderate these talks, interlocute.....
Why is it so difficult?
Why are people's
What
@IndEditorsGuild
should have ask a very CORE AND EFFECTIVE one question would be :
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR GOI TO INVITE MEITEIS, KUKI, NAGAS TO DELHI AT THE SAME TIME AND TALK FOR A SOLUTION TOGETHER without continuing the 'divide and rule' policy?
🤔Why🤔
Indeed.
In fact one is waiting for guys like
@Paul_Koshy
to tweet about this......how many hours to respond or EVEN respond 😁
You know ....otherwise they are very fast with the other community 's thingy.
The
#Mizoram
government has announced that it will ignore the Union home ministry’s order to collect biometric data of refugees from
#Myanmar
who have entered the state to flee from the junta.
#Governance
👉Gaslighting👈
has
become
a
method
for
Legitimacy
in
Manipur.
Manipuris, especially meiteis needs to watch out and carefully peel off this modus operandi. Let facts fight the narrative.
AND TRUTH PREVAILS.
Narco trade is a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO INDIAN NATION.
The earlier it is realised by every Indian the better.
We need a strong anti-narcotic policy commensurate with the current and changing dynamics of narco trade including cross border trafficking.
India should now have
Meghalaya: Heroin worth more than Rs 5 crore seized in East Jaintia Hills
Based on credible information, authorities on Friday morning conducted a raid for suspected illegal items that were allegedly being transported to Meghalaya via two tourist vehicles from Mizoram and seized
How can terms like "BUFFER ZONE" and "LINE OF CONTROL" be legitimised by ITLF within the boundaries of India.
Manipur is still part of India.
If any Indian/State government authorities use these terms in the present crisis..... question will arise what the authorities are
In this era of democracy, are the kuki citizens happy to be lorded over in a feudal system, citing tribal laws, under CHIEF /Chieftainship?
What is the rationale of the educated and elite Kukis on this? (4/8)