Shadow of Manipur violence hangs over BJP’s prospects in Thrissur
8 months ago

Shadow of Manipur violence hangs over BJP’s prospects in Thrissur

Hindustan Times  

The road to Kanjoor cuts away from National Highway 544 at Puthukkad junction and meanders along rows of two-storey homes with manicured lawns and past paddy fields to arrive at a small intersection. A 17% jump in the BJP’s vote-share in 2019 through its candidate Suresh Gopi, a national award winning actor, here has elevated the party’s hopes in a state that has been largely politically bipolar and where it has never won a Lok Sabha seat Half an hour later, the sudden burst of chain crackers signals the entry of Muralee, as he is known among followers, in a white Innova. A 17% jump in the BJP’s vote-share in 2019 through its candidate Suresh Gopi, a national award winning actor, here has elevated the party’s hopes in a state that has been largely politically bipolar and where it has never won a Lok Sabha seat. Deterring the BJP’s inroads into the Christian community in Thrissur, many say, is the party’s alleged “mishandling of the ethnic riots in Manipur between the Meitis and the Kuki-Zo tribes both at the central and state level”. “We are talking to the voters about many issues including the recently notified rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act, the bogus claims of governance of the NDA government, the ill-treatment of the Centre towards Kerala as well as the BJP’s handling of the situation in Manipur and the RSS agenda behind it,” Kumar explains.

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When will Manipur violence end? What Amit Shah said
1 week, 3 days ago

When will Manipur violence end? What Amit Shah said

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday described the ongoing violence in Manipur as an ethnic clash, distancing it from terrorism or religious conflict. Speaking at the Agenda Aaj Tak — his first media interaction since the BJP's Lok Sabha election victory — Shah outlined the nature of the crisis in the northeastern state. Shah noted that ethnic disturbances in …

​Welcome spotlight: On the Supreme Court directive to Manipur government
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1 week, 3 days ago

​Welcome spotlight: On the Supreme Court directive to Manipur government

The Hindu  

Hearing a case by petitioners aggrieved with the unremitting hostilities in Manipur, the Supreme Court of India has directed the Manipur government to disclose details of destroyed and encroached properties following the ethnic violence a year and a half ago. The Court had also, a few months ago, extended the working tenure of the Justice Gita Mittal-led Committee supervising the …

Peace eludes India’s Manipur even after defeating BJP over ethnic violence
6 months, 1 week ago

Peace eludes India’s Manipur even after defeating BJP over ethnic violence

Al Jazeera  

In the riot-hit remote state, hopes of a change following the governing party’s defeat are shortlived as deadly clashes continue. ‘Suffered under BJP rule’ As India concluded its weeks-long general election on June 4, which saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi return to power for a record third term, tensions in the remote Manipur state remain at a boil. The BJP …

'I'm an Insider...': Rajeev Chandrasekhar Who's Up Against Tharoor in Trivandrum
8 months ago

'I'm an Insider...': Rajeev Chandrasekhar Who's Up Against Tharoor in Trivandrum

The Quint  

In light of the Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram recently condemning the Manipur violence and the attacks of Christians in north India, what do you have to say about the BJP's 'Christian outreach' in Kerala, particularly Thiruvananthapuram? Polarising voters and making people afraid of the BJP has been an old strategy of the Congress and the Left for many years. Today, we …

Supreme Court issues directions for places of worship in Manipur
1 year ago

Supreme Court issues directions for places of worship in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday put its focus on the restoration of places of worship in Manipur, which has been overrun by ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities since early May, directing a high-powered committee of retired judges to frame a proposal for the identification and rebuilding of such places that were burnt down or razed during the …

Manipur Violence | Supreme Court Asks State To Inform Steps Taken To Restore Places Of Worship To Court Appointed Committee
1 year ago

Manipur Violence | Supreme Court Asks State To Inform Steps Taken To Restore Places Of Worship To Court Appointed Committee

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today directed the State of Manipur to furnish to the court appointed committee steps it had taken to restore the places of worship which had been destructed in the ethnic violence. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra also recorded the assurance given by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta that …

‘Won’t forget Manipur’: Catholic mouthpiece slams BJP, Suresh Gopi
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Won’t forget Manipur’: Catholic mouthpiece slams BJP, Suresh Gopi

Hindustan Times  

An archdiocese mouthpiece of the Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala has hit out against the BJP and its leader Suresh Gopi over the latter’s remarks about the situation in Manipur. Suresh Gopi, who has starred in over 250 films mostly in Malayalam before switching to politics and joining the BJP, is expected to be the party’s candidate in the Thrissur Lok …

Violence in Manipur has been caused by the expansion of Hindutva to north-eastern India, says social activist
1 year, 2 months ago

Violence in Manipur has been caused by the expansion of Hindutva to north-eastern India, says social activist

The Hindu  

Terming the violence and atrocities on Kukis by Meiteis in Manipur as State- He was addressing a seminar on the tragic tale of Manipur organised by Karnataka State Dalit Sangharsh Samithi at S.M. Comparing the Manipur violence with the Gujarat violence of 2002, Mr. Shivasundar said that the Gujarat carnage and the Manipur violence have one thing in common, which, …

Petty battles: The Hindu Editorial on Manipur and Parliament
1 year, 4 months ago

Petty battles: The Hindu Editorial on Manipur and Parliament

The Hindu  

The Opposition’s stated objective of moving a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was to force him to speak on the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur. During the debate, Home Minister Amit Shah offered a more detailed exposition of the government’s approach towards the conflict and the situation in Manipur. Mr. Shah noted that the fresh influx of …

Manipur violence: Supreme Court says mobs use sexual violence to send message of subordination, state bound to stop this
1 year, 4 months ago

Manipur violence: Supreme Court says mobs use sexual violence to send message of subordination, state bound to stop this

Hindustan Times  

Expressing anguish over the manner in which women were subjected to grave atrocities in Manipur, the Supreme Court has said that mobs use sexual violence to send a message of subordination to the other community and the state is bound to stop this. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said subjecting women to sexual crimes and violence …

Manipur violence shameful, don't politicise ethnic clashes: Amit Shah in Lok Sabha
1 year, 4 months ago

Manipur violence shameful, don't politicise ethnic clashes: Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

India TV News  

Parliament Monsoon Session: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is replying on the No-Confidence Motion as sparks flew in the Lok Sabha on day 2 of debate on the motion moved by the Opposition demanding for PM Modi to speak in the Parliament on the Manipur issue. He said that the Opposition has moved the No-Confidence Motion against the Modi government …

BJP has divided Manipur and communities: Congress
1 year, 4 months ago

BJP has divided Manipur and communities: Congress

The Hindu  

The debate on the Opposition- Mr. Gogoi said the government that “talks of one India has today created two Manipurs and deeply divided communities are now talking the language of revenge against each other”. BJP member Nishikant Dubey said the parties belonging to the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance had brought a no-confidence motion against a “poor person’s son” who …

Supreme indictment: on Manipur crisis and the Supreme Court of India’s censure
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme indictment: on Manipur crisis and the Supreme Court of India’s censure

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has pulled up the Manipur government for its “lethargic” investigations into the ethnic violence in the sensitive border State that began on May 3 and which has still not been doused. Pointing out that arrests have been “few and far between”, in the context of around 6,500 first information reports filed in relation to the violence, the …

‘PM Modi’s ideology set Manipur ablaze’: Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 4 months ago

‘PM Modi’s ideology set Manipur ablaze’: Rahul Gandhi

Live Mint  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ideology has set Manipur ablaze. He knows that his ideology has set Manipur ablaze,” Rahul Gandhi said in a video message. They don't care about the sorrow and pain of the country,” the senior Congress leader said. On the other hand, RSS-BJP wants that a few selected people …

Why it’s mischievous to give Manipur violence an anti-Christian colour
1 year, 5 months ago

Why it’s mischievous to give Manipur violence an anti-Christian colour

Firstpost  

Manipur is on fire for more than 75 days now. Meiteis constitute 41.39 percent of Manipur’s population, but are, by law, forced to inhabit the valley alone, which covers about 10 percent of the geographical area of the state. The elder one was frightened to see him and ran away and thus remained poor in knowledge and wisdom.” Manipur, and …

Manipur sexual assault | National Federation of Indian Women stage demonstration in Chennai, condemning BJP government
1 year, 5 months ago

Manipur sexual assault | National Federation of Indian Women stage demonstration in Chennai, condemning BJP government

The Hindu  

The National Federation of Indian Women’s general secretary, Annie Raja, on Saturday, led a demonstration with the participation of members of other frontal organisations of the Communist Party of India, condemning the BJP-led Central government and and the State government in Manipur, for allowing the situation to escalate in the violence-hit Northeastern state, and for the brutality perpetrated on the …

Imagine what he'd say if Congress was in power in Manipur: Gehlot slams PM Modi
1 year, 5 months ago

Imagine what he'd say if Congress was in power in Manipur: Gehlot slams PM Modi

India Today  

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for mentioning poll-bound Rajasthan while addressing the issue of violence in Manipur but not visiting the riot-hit state. The chief minister pointed out that Manipur is governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, and he questioned what the PM's response would have been if the state was under Congress rule. "PM …

Akhilesh, Mayawati hit out at BJP over Manipur violence
1 year, 5 months ago

Akhilesh, Mayawati hit out at BJP over Manipur violence

The Hindu  

Opposition leaders in Uttar Pradesh, including former Chief Ministers Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati, on Thursday reacted sharply to the continuing violence and tension in Manipur and the video of two women being paraded naked in the State, which went viral on social media. Ms. Mayawati, the Bahujan Samaj Party president, asked if the BJP would still continue to give protection …

Manipur violence: Three members of Manipur fact-finding team face serious charges
1 year, 5 months ago

Manipur violence: Three members of Manipur fact-finding team face serious charges

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 19, 2023 15:43 IST - 5 MINS READ Three women activists are facing serious charges of seditious conspiracy after they undertook a fact-finding mission in Manipur, which has been witnessing ethnic riots since May 3. Police complaint In his complaint, he urged the police to register certain stringent sections of the IPC, including sedition charges, against the …

Problematic resolution: The Hindu Editorial on the EU Parliament and Manipur
1 year, 5 months ago

Problematic resolution: The Hindu Editorial on the EU Parliament and Manipur

The Hindu  

In an interconnected world, a government that seeks greater economic integration and promotes itself as the representative of a nation committed to democratic, liberal and plural values and the rule of law, cannot dismiss scrutiny by like-minded nations with which beneficial ties are sought. India’s dismissal of the EU Parliament’s resolution on the violence in Manipur as reflecting a colonial …

Kerala Bishop council president urges PM to restore peace in riot-hit Manipur
1 year, 5 months ago

Kerala Bishop council president urges PM to restore peace in riot-hit Manipur

Hindustan Times  

KOCHI: Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis, President of Kerala Catholic Bishops Council, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on the situation in riot-hit Manipur and intervene to bring peace to the state. Kerala Catholic Bishops Council president asks Prime Minister to break his silence on the situation in riot-hit Manipur and intervene to bring peace to the state. …

Manipur violence scripted, it can happen in Kerala too: Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil
1 year, 5 months ago

Manipur violence scripted, it can happen in Kerala too: Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil

India Today  

Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil of the Diocese of Thamarassery on Saturday said the ethnic violence in Manipur was a "scripted drama" and he feared that it could happen in Kerala, too. "We have the fear that what’s happening in Manipur today can happen in Kerala tomorrow," he said, adding, “It is a scripted drama to destroy a community. Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil …

Will Manipur violence, Uniform Civil Code spoil BJP game plan in Kerala?
1 year, 5 months ago

Will Manipur violence, Uniform Civil Code spoil BJP game plan in Kerala?

India Today  

The BJP in Kerala had been upbeat after church leaders, including Syro-Malabar church head George Alencherry, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year and viewed the party as no threat to the minorities. However, the two-month-long ethnic conflict in BJP-ruled Manipur, which has a 41 per cent Christian population, and the renewed debate over a Uniform Civil Code have …

Manipur violence | Catholic Church-BJP honeymoon ends in Kerala
1 year, 5 months ago

Manipur violence | Catholic Church-BJP honeymoon ends in Kerala

The Hindu  

The raging violence in Manipur appears to have effectively ended the Catholic Church’s relationship with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kerala. Interestingly, it is once again the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Thalassery Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church Mar Joseph Pamplany, earlier accused of co-opting the national party on the pretext of ensuring better prices for rubber, who has taken the …

Over 550 civil society groups, activists, lawyers call for PM to break silence on Manipur
1 year, 6 months ago

Over 550 civil society groups, activists, lawyers call for PM to break silence on Manipur

The Hindu  

Over 550 civil society groups, retired bureaucrats and police officers, activists, lawyers, filmmakers, journalists, academics and writers have now come together to issue a public statement, calling for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence over the unabated ethnic violence in Manipur, which has been under way for over a month now — killing at least 100 people, injuring …

‘Lot of Anger…’: Has Manipur Violence Caused Setback to BJP’s Christian Outreach in Kerala?
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Lot of Anger…’: Has Manipur Violence Caused Setback to BJP’s Christian Outreach in Kerala?

News 18  

The BJP has been trying to reach out to the Christian community in Kerala with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on March 2 that the party will come to power in the southern state, the same way that the cadre had been revived in the northeast and Goa. Even though the Kerala BJP has denied this, the violence in Manipur …

Manipur stir reveals BJP’s two-faced approach to Christians: Govindan
1 year, 7 months ago

Manipur stir reveals BJP’s two-faced approach to Christians: Govindan

The Hindu  

Communist Party of India State secretary M.V. Govindan said the civil unrest in Manipur exposed the Janus-faced nature of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s approach to Christians, other minorities, and tribes in the country. Nevertheless, Sangh Parivar’s ‘pogrom’ against Christians in Manipur proved that the BJP’s made-for-television minority outreach in Kerala could not camouflage the party’s ‘fascist spots’. Mr. Govindan said …

Christian groups, alarmed by church attacks in Manipur, urge Centre to start talks
1 year, 7 months ago

Christian groups, alarmed by church attacks in Manipur, urge Centre to start talks

The Hindu  

Leading Indian Christian organisations have called on the government to start a dialogue to restore peace and normalcy in Manipur. ‘Community insecure’ Meanwhile, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore Peter Machado expressed concern that “seventeen churches are either vandalised, desecrated or defiled. “We urge the government to take immediate measures to restore peace and ensure the safety and security of all its …

Northeast Christian forum anguished by Manipur unrest
1 year, 7 months ago

Northeast Christian forum anguished by Manipur unrest

The Hindu  

The United Christian Forum of North East India has expressed anguish over the ongoing large-scale violence, arson, loss of life, and demolition of property, including desecration of religious places in Manipur. Expressing deep pain and concern over the unrest, the UCFNEI urged all the communities involved to exercise restraint and work towards a peaceful resolution of their issues. We also …

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