Meira Paibis of Chandrakhong, Phanjakhong and other nearby Meitei villages on Tuesday staged a sit-in protest at Chandrakhong community hall condemning the deployment of para commandos in Tangkhul Khullen village from Monday midnight.
One Meira Paibi, identified as Khangembam Apanbi of Chandrakhong said that the villagers in the foothills have started taking refuge in safe places due to the deployment of para commandos by the government without any prior notice.
She further said that the displaced villagers started returning to their respective homes after peace was restored in the area since the clash broke out on May 3. But the peace was short-lived after the para commandos were deployed just 300 metres away from the Meitei villages.
She appealed to the government to remove the para commandos from the areas of Chandrakhong and Phanjakhong. She also demanded to arrest the Kuki militants instead of carrying out search operations in the valley areas.
Chandrakhong Social Welfare Club publicity secretary Y Premananda also condemned the deployment in Tangkhul Khullel Village. He warned of a pre-merger agreement if the central government failed to bring a conclusion to the prevailing clash.
Public meeting held at Kakching
Meanwhile, the All Kakching Khunou Meira Paibi Welfare Association and Monitoring Committee Kakching Khunou held a public meeting on the prevailing ethnic clash in Manipur at Kakching Khunou Lamkhai on Tuesday.
Monitoring Committee Kakching Khunou president Khumukcham Leima Devi and All Kakching Khunou Meira Paibi Welfare Association General Secretary Khumukcham Mema Devi attended the meeting as presidium members.
COCOMI Core Committee member Warepam Second, AMKIL president Lourembam Nganbi, former COCOMI coordinator Sunil Karam, Eribak Enat Chanura Loinashillon (EECHAL) president Tongbram ongbi Ibemcha and CADA secretary general Geetchandra Mangang spoke during the meeting which considered four resolutions.
The resolutions include:
1. Unification of all the communities residing in the state during the clash
2. Demanding the government to release all those who have been arrested during the clash without any condition
3. Urging the government to look into the other evidence videos of Meiteis being killed in the clash instead of focusing on the recent viral video
4. Save territorial integrity of Manipur.
