Years Passed. Manipur Yet To Stable
- By Thetripurapost Desk, Imphal
- Aug 07, 2024
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More than a year has passed since the beginning of violence in Manipur and even today there is no sign of it stopping. After a short interval there is some news of talks or agreement between the concerned organizations and after a few days the violence flares up again.
The question is in which direction has the government been working for so long that conflict and violence has been going on for such a long time in a small state.
The strange reality is that the state government officially accepts that the situation is not good, but either it does not feel the need to take concrete steps to improve it or it lacks foresight.
Otherwise, despite all the agencies of the state government, efforts of the central government, intervention of the army, the violence continues even today, people are becoming homeless, so what could be the reason for this?
It is strange that Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who should take responsibility for the fact that his government has failed to stop the continuous violence in the state, is only presenting the statistics of the devastation caused by this communal violence in the state. It is noteworthy that in response to a question in the Assembly on Monday, the Chief Minister said that so far about sixty thousand people have been displaced in the violence in the state and more than eleven thousand houses were burnt to ashes in the arson that took place during this period.
It is difficult to understand whether while presenting the figures of victims of the violence that has been going on for more than a year, he was aware that it was his responsibility to completely stop the violence.
But last year, when the issue of granting the status of Scheduled Tribe to the Meitei community was raised under a court order, then the communal violence started. Even then, his government did not have the foresight to stop it and today it is not able to do anything concrete so that the common people of the state can come out of this fire.
It is a well-known fact that in Manipur today the level of mistrust between different communities including Kuki-Jo and Meitei has become so deep that the scope of dialogue has become extremely limited or has ended.
This can be gauged from the fact that just a few days ago an agreement was signed between Hmar and Meitei representatives to restore peace in the state's Jiribam district. But within just twenty-four hours that agreement was broken and with this the violence started again.
Earlier, the state and central governments have announced initiatives ranging from deploying security forces to forming peace committees. But it is a sad reality that no positive outcome has been seen from any government initiative so far.
Even today, the same fire of violence continues there, which was ignited due to a policy shortsightedness. The surprising thing is that in the meantime, there is no significant change in the attitude of the government, so that there is hope of a new end to the violence or a solution to the problem.
Along with presenting the figures of destruction, it is important to also accept our failure for this situation and at least find a solution to this complex problem that is still entangled in the state