Manipur Violence

 Status Report Filed by the Manipur Government: Summary https://www.scobserver.in/reports/what-does-the-status-report-filed-by-the-manipur-government-say/
Army Deployment in Manipur
Advay Vora | 11th Jul 2023

On July 10th, 2023, the Manipur Government filed a status report claiming that the current death toll in the State stands at 142*. Further, the report highlighted 462 injuries and 17 missing persons.

The 16-page report outlined over 5000 incidents of arson and over 54,000 people seeking refuge in relief camps.5,995 First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered in Manipur, with over 180 arrests.

Whatapps Comment By BD [17:36, 27/07/2023] Brinelle Dsouza: Manipur Government does not mention sexual violence/ rapes in their status report on to the Supreme Court
[17:37, 27/07/2023] Brinelle Dsouza: No provisions for compensation obviously

From an Anonynous Whats App post https://twitter.com/Paul_Koshy/status/1682065482550231040

Surveys by GSI (Geological Survey of India) in #Manipur has reported finding of Nickel, copper and Platinum Group Elements ( PGE )/Platinum Group Metals apart from Malachite, Azurite and Magnetite....Well known private companies with close links to the ruling party are interested in getting mining rights. The hill inhabitants would have to helplessly watch the hill and mountain tops being sliced off and monstrous mining equipments tear into it's belly and pull out their boo

Well known private companies with close links to the ruling party are interested in getting mining rights. The hill inhabitants would have to helplessly watch the hill and mountain tops being sliced off and monstrous mining equipments tear into it's belly and pull out their booty

Surveys by GSI (Geological Survey of India) in #Manipur has reported finding of Nickel, copper and Platinum Group Elements ( PGE )/Platinum Group Metals aptyt from Malachite, Azurite and Magnetite.

This lies under the earth strata of the hills which is the home to tribals for 1000s of years.

89% of the land in #Manipur are hills. The precious minerals are in that territory. This is the home of the tribals.

Well known private companies with close links to the ruling party are interested in getting mining rights. The hill inhabitants would have to helplessly watch the hill and mountain tops being sliced off and monstrous mining equipments tear into it's belly and pull out their booty... ..Somewhere deep beneath the ethnic violence that we see, is yet another untold story of precious metals, minerals, Mining lobby, political benefits.

MANIPUR’S ’S IMPLOSION WILL HURT THE INDIA STORY https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/manipurs-implosion-will-hurt-the-india-story-101690034526283.html By Avinash Paliwal Jul 22, 2023 - Hindusthan Times

Manipur, and the rest of the Northeast, are central to India, and state collapse there is already hurting the India story. Any approach to resolve this cannot be driven by narrow electoral calculations.

The BJP’s error has been to confuse electoral dominance emanating from such pragmatic arrangements with ideological and political hegemony. The moment the BJP’s Manipur branch under chief minister N Biren Singh pushed the Meitei agenda of demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to win more resources for this community at the cost of Zo-Kuki interests, the arrangement collapsed. Even in the illicit drug sector, which is connected to regional electoral finance, cross-community cartels began colliding violently to retain monopolies over cross-border routes, products, and suppliers...

In the past, the Congress let Manipur down by its divisive tactics and fostering a political economy dominated by dependencies on central grants and cross-border smuggling. The BJP today has failed Manipur by overplaying its assimilationist hand without altering such toxic dependencies.

r. The fact that the conflict is being framed around an attack on Christian minorities could mobilise new constituencies in western capitals. But there are more serious, practical security-strategic concerns too. With an ongoing military standoff with China, New Delhi can ill-afford state collapse and extreme social polarisation in a northeastern border state.  societal fracture offers a ripe ground for covert interventionism by India’s regional adversaries...

The possibility of China and Pakistan’s interference to exacerbate India’s domestic faultlines has always lingered in this region.

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