Manipur and Imphal, the capital of Manipur, had been in a state of constant drought for a decade before. Both soldiers and police used to have sophisticated weapons in their hands. And the situation there was so critical that it was difficult even to drive on the roads in the evening. But of late Manipur has remained relatively calm but now Manipur is seen burning once again which started last month. This violence is going on because of giving Scheduled Tribe status to Sadhya Maitahi community
The violence has been going on in Manipur since April 26 and a curfew was ordered. Internet services there were shut down to prevent the situation from escalating further. ITLF (Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum) initially raised a revolt against the survey which was being started by the Manipur government. Which later resulted in a violent backlash and the planned visit of the Chief Minister had to be cancelledWhat is a land survey? A survey of 490 square feet for solar protected areas in Churachandanpur and Khopam is underway there. And this survey is going on for forest and sun protected land on their south side. All this survey was opposed by the Kuki tribe in Manipur. The protesters alleged that no prior notice was given to the tribals. The protesters are saying that there is a conspiracy to move the tribal people there through this survey.He says that the tribals are being misbehaved by the government. At the beginning of all this, the Kuki community had objected to the removal of people from Churachandanpur from their villages
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There are about 34 tribes in Manipur. The proportion of Maithi community is 34 percent of the total population. And now Maita community wants Scheduled Tribe status.The position of this community is that before the merger of Manipur with India, the Maithi community had the status of a Scheduled Tribe and no longer. He had filed a petition in the High Court for the same demand, on which the High Court ordered that the government should take a decision on his demand. But before the government took any decision, the violence started. Now the High Court had given directions but follow this decision And Kuki is opposed to both groups, which led to the violence that has left more than 50 people dead.
