Manipur Violence

https://thewire.in/security/manipur-healthcare-education-government-reel-under-violence 

The unending turmoil in the state continues to widen the rift between the Meiteis and Kukis. Meanwhile, passengers remain stranded at Imphal airport, hospitals face staff shortages and students face the possibility of having to quit their studies.

Essential services like travel, hospitals and education are badly hit. A senior official of the district hospital at Churachandpur – a Kuki dominated area – said that all 13 Meitei doctors there have been transferred to districts where the latter community is dominant. The Meitei doctors had requested transfers citing security reasons. This has resulted in a shortage of doctors at the hospital, which currently has 49 Kuki doctors. Even the four Naga doctors have fled. This is the condition of many hospitals in the state, where healthcare workers don’t want to work in an area where their community is a minority.

by Banjot Kaur

16/06/2023

PRESS RELEASE
16.6.2023
Over 550 civil society groups and concerned individuals from across the country come together to
condemn the continuing violence in Manipur.
Call for an immediate stop to divisive politics by the state and security forces.
Urge all parties for an immediate cease fire.

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'How Dare You Keep Silent on Manipur Violence, PM Modi? Silence is Complicity, You Should Resign' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsxm74bbSXA The Wire Jun 15, 2023

In one of the hardest hitting criticisms of Prime Minister Modi’s handling of the six week old crisis in Manipur, one of the Meitei community’s leading intellectuals has asked: “How dare you keep silent Mr. Prime Minister? … how can you keep silent? … the PM’s silence shows he’s complicit … why is he silent as the leader of the world’s largest democracy? … this doesn’t behove his position … take moral responsibility and resign yourself.”

Kukis losing faith in Modi and Shah But What Choice Do We Have? CM Biren Singh Should Be Removed’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj1_lJULOuY Jun 14, 2023 
In the first of a two-part series of interviews speaking to the women of Manipur about the crisis in their state and how it has affected the lives of their communities, the Convenor of the Kuki Women’s Forum has said her community is “losing faith in Modi and Shah” and cannot understand “why they persist with Biren Singh as Chief Minister” but pointedly added “what choice do we have but to keep hope in the Central government?” Dr. Mary Grace Zou repeatedly called for the removal of Biren Singh as Chief Minister of Manipur, accusing him of being anti-Kuki as well as misleading the Central government. Right at the end of the interview Dr. Zou said that the Kuki and Meitei are at “breaking point”.