A group of 10 Kuki MLAs, including 8 from BJP, requested Union home minister to 'seriously consider' an appropriate mechanism for administrative separation of Kukis & Meiteis.
SC bench was hearing petitions seeking court's intervention to provide security in conflict-ridden parts of Manipur following violence between tribal Kukis & non-tribal Meiteis.
Kukis & Meiteis are both hoping for normalcy to return to Manipur, as they recall instances of help from the other community during the violence. But alongside hope, lingers pain.
While one side says the 'mismanagement' of SoO arrangements have led to open movement of arms & extortion in Hills, the other side accuses govt of being biased.
State authorities bulldozed Kuki settlement of K. Songjang on 20 Feb because it purportedly encroached on protected forest land, but incident fuelled a series of protests and conflict.
Division between Meiteis & tribal Kuki officials is said to have become very prominent. Many Kuki officials, it is learnt, are returning to their homes in hill districts or leaving Manipur.
MLA Vungzagin Valte was assaulted by a mob in Imphal on 4 May and was airlifted to the national capital the next day where he has undergone a series of life-saving surgeries.
As ethnic tensions roil Manipur & central govt takes over state's security, here is a closer look at the mounting challenges confronting CM Biren Singh, including from other BJP MLAs.
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