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Law & order situation in Manipur needs urgent attention: Ex-Army Chief

  •   Sat, Jun 17 2023 09:19:12 AM

Imphal, Jun 17 (IANS): Former Army Chief Ved Prakash Malik said on Friday that the law and order situation in Manipur needs "urgent attention at highest level".

Gen Malik (retd), refferring to a tweet by Lt Gen L. Nishikanta Singh (retd), tweeted: "An extraordinarily sad call from a retired Lt Gen from Manipur. Law & order situation in Manipur needs urgent attention at the highest level."

Gen Malik, who served as the 19th Chief of Army Staff from September 30, 1997 to September 30, 2000, tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah in his tweet.

Earlier, Lt Gen Singh (retd) tweeted: "I'm just an ordinary Indian from Manipur living a retired life. The state is now 'stateless'. Life and property can be destroyed anytime by anyone just like in Libya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Syria, etc. It appears Manipur has been left to stew in its own juice. Is anyone listening ?"

Referring to the tweet of Lt Gen Singh (retd), former Union Minister and Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted: "The PM is certainly not. He has time for all other things except reaching out to the distressed people of Manipur in thought, word and deed."

The devastating ethnic violence, which so far killed over 120 people and injured more than 400, began in Manipur on May 3 after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised by a tribal student body in the hill districts of the state to protest against the Meitei community's Scheduled Tribe (ST) status demand.

 

 
  

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  • Lobo, Mumbai

    Sat, Jun 17 2023

    where is the great "chappan inch chati " PM, always boating of good governance. He has not uttered a word on massacre of innocents, displacement of hordes of people. He is a darpok, kayar and does not know what to do. Act Mr. Modi act.

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  • Don, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 17 2023

    What happened to the shoot at sight order? why is there still so much violence in Manipur? Why don't the government deploy the army? Our PM & FM had all the time to discuss with their Australian, Canadian, British and other European counterparts when there was graffiti on Hindus Temples and the Khalistani flag raised at the Embassy in London, but Modi has not said a word about Manipur. Shame. Shame. Shame.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Sat, Jun 17 2023

    Presidents Rule ...

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