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☆ Rahul Gandhi rips into Indian PM Modi over Manipur violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Yp Rajesh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, arrives at the parliament after he was reinstated as a lawmaker, in New Delhi, India, August 7, 2023. "You have killed mother India in Manipur," Gandhi said as opposition lawmakers thumped their desks and their government counterparts booed him. New Delhi has rushed tens of thousands of additional security forces to the state of 3.2 million people but sporadic violence continues. "Our prime minister has not gone to Manipur because for him Manipur is not in India," Gandhi said. Modi was not present in parliament when Gandhi spoke but he is due to address it on Thursday before it is put to vote.

Persons: Rahul Gandhi, India's, Stringer, Modi, Manipur Modi, Narendra Modi's, Gandhi, YP Rajesh, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, MANIPUR Gandhi, YP, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, Manipur Gandhi, Manipur, DELHI, United States, MANIPUR, Kuki, Haryana, BJP

REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/file photoMOIRANG/CHURACHANDPUR, India, Aug 8 (Reuters) - In the sectarian violence that has ravaged India's Manipur state, women have been victims of brutal attacks. Kukis say a loosely formed group of Meitei women, known as Meira Paibis, or Women Torchbearers, is responsible for instigating some of the rapes of women of the minority community. India's Supreme Court announced this week that it will monitor investigations into cases of sexual violence in the state. "Meira Paibis does not differentiate between Kuki or Meitei," she said, speaking alongside a group of other Meitei women. WORSE THAN ANARCHYThe women said they had heard of nine Meitei women being raped, but they had no evidence and were not directly aware of any incidents.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, Praveen Donthi, Narendra Modi's, Rajiv Singh, Paibis, Moirangthen Thoibi Devi, Ngainekim, Mukul Kesavan, ”, Thoibi Devi, Meira Paibis, Vak, Krishn Kaushik, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Crisis, Security, Police, Kuki Women Organisation, Human Rights, Assam Rifles, Thomson Locations: Kangvai, Churachandpur district, Manipur, India, CHURACHANDPUR, Myanmar, Imphal, Moirang, East Imphal, Kuki

[1/5] A security force trooper rides a vehicle on a highway at Torbung village in Churachandpur district in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, July 24. Modi's first comments on the violence in Manipur came last week, over two months after the trouble started in early May. The data show that in the first week of the violence in early May, 77 Kukis were killed compared to 10 Meiteis. According to government estimates, 2,780 weapons stolen from the state armoury, including assault rifles, sniper guns and pistols, remain with the Meiteis, while the Kukis have 156. Reporting by Krishn Kaushik in Manipur; Editing by YP Rajesh and Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, Modi, Narendra Modi, Ramachandra Guha, Guha, Jangminlun Touthang, Modi's, Biren Singh, Meiteis, Kukis, Haopu Gangte, “, ” Gangte, ” Pramot Singh, Meitei, ”, Krishn Kaushik, YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Kuki, YP, Thomson Locations: Torbung, Churachandpur district, Manipur, India, India's Manipur, Kuki, Imphal, Manipur's, Bishnupur, Kangvai, Myanmar, “

At least 125 people have been killed and more than 40,000 have fled their homes in Manipur since the violence erupted on May 3. HOW DID THE MANIPUR VIOLENCE BEGIN? The development imbalance favouring the valley over the hills has been a point of contention and rivalry between the ethnic groups. Manipur shares a nearly 400-km (250-mile) border with Myanmar and the coup there in 2021 pushed thousands of refugees into the Indian state. Kuki and Meitei groups also refused to join a peace panel formed by the federal government due to differences over names included in the panel.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, Myanmar’s Chin, Meiteis, Pradip Phanjoubam, Kukis, Biren Singh, Singh, Krishn Kaushik, Alison Williams Organizations: Kuki, Court, REUTERS, Arts and, Indian Army, Bharatiya Janata Party, Thomson Locations: DELHI, Manipur, Myanmar, New Delhi, MANIPUR, Kuki, Naga, India, Imphal, Myanmar . New Delhi

☆ Fact Check-CBN interview on U.S. delegation denied visas to India predates 2023 Manipur violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The video shows Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) anchor Heather Sells (here) interviewing Catholic Jesuit priest Thomas Reese (here , twitter.com/ThomasReeseSJ). Reese was one of three delegates from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) who, in 2016, had their visas applications to India denied. Social media users sharing the clip in 2023 accompanied it with captions linking it to recent violence in Manipur. “Visas rejected for US delegation to visit Manipur. The video shows a March 2016 CBN News report, which predates the 2023 ethnic violence in Manipur.

Persons: Heather Sells, Thomas Reese, Reese, ”, USCIRF, Read Organizations: Christian Broadcasting Network, Catholic, U.S . Commission, Social, US, Facebook, YouTube, CBN News, Reuters, India’s, External Affairs Locations: U.S, India, Manipur, Meiteis, Kuki

☆ Schools remain shut in India's violence-hit Manipur despite reopening order
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Zarir Hussain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GUWAHATI, India, July 5 (Reuters) - Nearly all schools remained shut in India's violence-hit Manipur state despite a government order to reopen them on Wednesday in a bid to restore normalcy after two months of ethnic clashes that have killed almost 120 people. Students, teachers and support staff did not show up at schools in the morning in the state in northeast India, said a state education department official who requested anonymity. Four private schools opened but all government-run schools were still closed, he added. At least 118 people have been killed and more than 40,000 displaced in the violence. Additional reporting by Krishn Kaushik; Writing by Shivam Patel; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ibotombi Singh, Narendra Modi's, Giridhar Aramane, Min Aung Hlaing, Krishn Kaushik, Shivam Patel, Kim Coghill Organizations: India's, Thomson Locations: GUWAHATI, India, Manipur, Imphal, Myanmar, Kuki

☆ Rahul Gandhi's convoy stopped by Indian police in Manipur, teargas fired
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Supporters of Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, speak with him after his convoy, heading to Churachandpur, was stopped by the police in Bishnupur district, Manipur, India, June 29, 2023. REUTERS/StringerGUWAHATI, India, June 29 (Reuters) - Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was stopped by local police on Thursday and teargas fired near his convoy when the 53-year old scion of the Congress party was on his way to visit the violence-hit northeastern Manipur state. Teargas shells were then fired to disperse a crowd that had started gathering in the area. "There is a possibility of a grenade attack along the highway through which Rahul Gandhi is moving. Gandhi's convoy returned to Imphal and he reached Churachandpur by helicopter, Meghachandra Singh, Manipur state Congress president, said.

Persons: Rahul Gandhi, India's, Stringer, teargas, Gandhi, Heisnam Balram Singh, we've, Meghachandra, Narendra Modi's, Zarir Hussain, Sudipto Ganguly, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Churachandpur, Bishnupur district, Manipur, India, Stringer GUWAHATI, Myanmar, Bishnupur, Imphal, Meghachandra Singh, Kuki

☆ Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi visits restive Manipur after vehicle is initially stopped
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The embattled leader of India’s main opposition Congress party visited crisis-hit Manipur and met with its displaced residents on Thursday, after his convoy was initially stopped by police near the state capital. Rahul Gandhi’s visit comes as the northeastern state grapples with ongoing ethnic violence in which more than 100 people have been killed and tens of thousands more driven from their homes. Modi has yet to comment publicly on the situation and has not visited Manipur since the violence erupted in May. Manipur needs healing, and only together we can bring harmony.”Indian army soldiers patrol the streets of Manipur on June 7, 2023. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra also claimed that Gandhi is using Manipur as a pawn for his own political gain.

Persons: India’s, Rahul Gandhi’s, Narendra Modi, Modi, Gandhi, “, ”, Sambit Patra, ” Patra, Rahul Gandhi, ” Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Christian Organizations: CNN, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Facebook, Indian Army, Reuters Locations: Manipur, Imphal, Myanmar, Kuki

☆ Indian government orders Manipur state chief to 'work harder' to end violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MUMBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - India's federal government on Sunday ordered the chief minister of Manipur state to "work harder" to restore peace as violence between ethnic groups has not subsided for over 50 days despite a heavy security presence. "I have been advised by the home minister to work harder towards restoring lasting peace in Manipur," said N. Biren Singh, chief minister of the northeastern state after he was summoned to New Delhi for talks with Home Minister Amit Shah. At least 80 people have been killed and more than 40,000 forced to flee their homes after clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3 between rival ethnic groups. Human rights groups say Modi's government and party have failed to do more to end ethnic tensions. "I have been asked to further open channels of communication with all the stakeholders so that we are able to bring permanent peace in the state," Singh said.

Persons: Biren Singh, Amit Shah, Shah, Singh, Narendra Modi's, Sriram, Rupam Jain, Giles Elgood Organizations: Sunday, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, Manipur, New Delhi, Kuki

☆ India eases curfew in violence-hit Manipur
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Zarir Hussain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GUWAHATI, India, June 18 (Reuters) - Indian authorities said on Sunday they had started to relax a curfew imposed in violence-hit Manipur after 45 days of civil unrest in the north-east state, seeking to reduce anger spilling onto the streets and restore normalcy. Meiteis, the dominant community in the low lands of the state, who account for half of state's population, demand extension of limited affirmative action quotas to them. But Kukis fear it would mean Meiteis would get a greater share in education and government jobs reserved for them. "We believe that if the prime minister takes action, then peace in Manipur can be restored in 24 hours," said Nimaichand Luwang, an opposition lawmaker in Manipur. A senior home ministry official in New Delhi said at least 32,000 security forces will continue to support local police until normalcy is restored.

Persons: Diana Devi, Narendra Modi's, Modi, Nimaichand Luwang, Rupam Jain, Lincoln Organizations: Thomson Locations: GUWAHATI, India, Manipur, Imphal, Myanmar, Meiteis, New Delhi

☆ Indian minister's home set ablaze in violence-hit Manipur state
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Zarir Hussain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GUWAHATI, India June 16 (Reuters) - A federal Indian minister's house was set on fire by a mob in the remote northeastern state of Manipur, which has been hit by clashes between members of rival ethnic groups for over a month, officials said on Friday. Junior foreign minister R. K. Ranjan Singh's office confirmed that a mob vandalised and set fire to his house in the Manipur capital Imphal. Singh is a federal minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. Modi's ruling party also governs the state of Manipur. Civil society organisations from the Meitei and Kuki communities said hundreds of people from their communities were injured and homeless.

Persons: Ranjan Singh's, Singh, Narendra Modi's, Rupam Jain, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Thomson Locations: GUWAHATI, India, Manipur, Imphal, New Delhi, Singh, Kuki

☆ Nine killed in clash in India's Manipur - police
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Zarir Hussain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GUWAHATI, India, June 14 (Reuters) - At least nine people have been killed in the latest clashes between members of rival ethnic groups in India's northeastern state of Manipur, police said on Wednesday, as security forces pressed on with a hunt for illegal weapons. Federal security force reinforcements have been sent to the state and they have been searching for illegal weapons. Manipur shares a nearly 400-km (250-mile) border with Myanmar and a coup there in 2021 pushed thousands of refugees into the Indian state. Kukis share ethnic lineage with Myanmar’s Chin community and Meiteis feared they would be outnumbered by the arrival of the refugees. Writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Rupam Jain; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman, Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Narendra Modi's, K Shivakanta Singh, Singh, Myanmar’s Chin, Meiteis, Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Rupam, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Robert Birsel Organizations: Thomson Locations: GUWAHATI, India, Manipur, Kuki, Myanmar, Imphal

☆ Why has India's Manipur state exploded in ethnic violence?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

People are evacuated by the Indian army to a temporary shelter as they flee ethnic violence that has hit the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, near Imphal on May 7, 2023. Manipur, a lush, hilly state which borders Myanmar, has long history of civil conflict since modern India’s creation. The divide between the Meiteis and the other ethnic groups is cut sharply across political and geographic lines. People wait at a temporary shelter in a military camp, after being evacuated by the Indian army, as they flee ethnic violence that has hit the northeastern Indian state of Manipur on May 7, 2023. Modi, who is in the southern Indian state of Karnataka to campaign for state elections, is yet to speak publicly about the unrest, sparking widespread anger among Manipur’s residents.

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