The All Manipur United Club’s Organisation (AMUCO) has demanded the replacement of chairman of unified command of Manipur Kuldiep Singh by a competent state authority alleging that he is failing to maintain law and order in Manipur.
AMUCO president Ph Nando Luwang told the media at its Kwakeithel head office on Thursday that the violence is still occurring and the number of dead continues to increase since Kuldiep was appointed after the May 3 incident.
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Kuldiep has failed to maintain the law-and-order of Manipur, and he should be removed from his post or he should resign under moral grounds, he said.
“If the present unrest in Manipur is due to any conflict between Meitei and Kuki communities, then why are the Kuki militants attacking the state forces? The state forces have all different types of communities; why are they being attacked?” he questioned.
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To reduce the violence in peripheral areas of Manipur, the Central government has put a buffer zone where no communities from both Kuki and Meitei are allowed to pass. When the Kuki militants with arms pass the said buffer zones, the Central forces ignore them but the Meiteis are stopped from even getting close to the said buffer zones, he added.
At this juncture, the state forces need not wait for orders to retaliate if they are attacked, he said. No state forces waited for retaliation during the previous government, Nando said.
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