Lok Sabha MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam on Sunday reacted strongly against the killing of civilians and injuring several others in a drone strike carried out by Kuki militants at Koutruk village in Imphal West.

Taking to X, Bimol Akoijam expressed his outrage: “This is no Ukraine. This is Manipur, one of the States of the Union!

The latest round of criminal and deadly assault on the civilians, including using drones to bomb residential areas, exposes the failure of the law enforcing agencies, particularly the armed forces under the Gol which are deployed in Manipur.

Who is going to be made accountable for their actions or rather inactions?

Should not the Gol take the moral or otherwise responsibility for these deaths and destruction?

To think of it, the state government has said that whatever they have been doing (vis-a-vis the 15 months long crisis) is "with the consent and advice of Modiji and Amit Shah ji".

Whatever it is, whether the state is being run with the help of your local satraps or inducing communal and sectarian forces to tear apart the state or dubious deployment of forces, your hands are stained with the blood of Manipuris, the denizens of the state!

And try your best to destroy the state, but you haven't heard the last of Manipur!”

It may be mentioned that Koutruk village located at Imphal West has been continually attacked by Kuki militants since the beginning of the crisis which erupted on May 3, 2023.  

The latest attack using drones warfare, which is extensively being used by rebel forces in the Myanmar conflict, may strongly indicate that the Kuki militants are either getting technical support and training from Myanmar militants or they are directly involved in the Manipur crisis.