It’s the RSS/BJP’s Politics of divide and rule that is responsible for the current crisis in manipur. The last time manipur burned was 21 years ago when BJP was rulling in the Centre. This time thins have turned form bad to worse.
Today morning a delegation led by Congress President @kharge submitted a memorndum to Hon’ble President of India on the ongoing ethnic clash in Manipur.
The delegation has made the following 12 demands:
- Firm and sustained efforts must be made to control violence in every part of the state for the immediate restoration of peace, harmony, and normalcy.
2. The Union government must immediately take all possible measures to control and confine all militant groups (including those under SoO) and ensure that all armed civilian groups be stopped forthwith by taking appropriate action.
3. Villages near the foothills of both communities must be covered with adequate security so that armed militants do not intrude and disturb peace.
4. The Union government should take steps for the rehabilitation of all displaced persons at their original place or in safer areas with suitable security arrangements.
5. Payment of dignified and reasonable compensation for loss of life, property, and all other things concerned to all the victims and affected persons.
6. There is a need for immediate identification of those who have lost their lives and handing their bodies over to the bereaved families for the last rites.
7. A special drive must be carried out to trace many numbers of missing people.
8. A large number of children are living in the relief camps and special arrangement for the education of the students of the displaced families must be made.
9. Disruption of transportation of goods and essential commodities through the National Highways and district headquarters must be stopped.
- The state government must immediately take over the management and maintenance of all relief camps and provide proper health and sanitation facilities for all.
11. The letter and spirit of the existing Constitutional provisions related to the state of Manipur must be protected, and the trust between communities should be restored through reconciliation and dialogue.
12. A high-level inquiry commission should be constituted headed by a serving or retired Supreme Court Judge.