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The Hindu
9 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Union Home Secretary visits Kuki-Zo relief camps in Manipur, attends security review meeting with Governor
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan arrived in Manipur on Monday (June 2, 2025) where he visited relief camps in the hill district of Churachandpur and attended a security review meeting chaired by Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla in Imphal. The visit comes in the wake of fresh protests and a 'civil disobedience' call by Meitei groups in the northeastern State over the incident in Gwaltabi on May 20, when security forces allegedly tried to cover the word 'Manipur' on a State transport bus that was ferrying journalists to the hill district of Ukhrul for the Shirui Lily festival. The protests were put on hold as Imphal and nearby areas were affected by severe floods. Mr. Mohan was accompanied by Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Kumar Deka, Director-General of Police Rajiv Singh, and Chief Secretary P.K. Singh as he visited two Kuki-Zo camps in Churachandpur. A Manipur government statement said that the 'high-level Central team' led by Mr. Mohan visited relief camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Churachandpur district. 'The delegation visited Sadbhavna Mandap Relief Centre, Tuibong and Dorcas Veng Relief Centre to assess the situation and extend support,' it said. The team interacted with displaced families, reviewed facilities, and inaugurated a creche, a tailoring programme for women and a children's library. 'Fifteen students who cleared the 2025 HSLC [Class 10] examination from both camps were felicitated with gifts and appreciation certificates,' the statement added. The Home Secretary is on a two-day visit to the State. The visit assumes significance as 23 BJP legislators met in Imphal on May 30 agreeing to set aside 'personal ambitions' and press for the formation of a 'popular government' acknowledging the desire of the people. Manipur was placed under President's Rule on February 13. Around 60,000 people displaced from their homes in the hill and valley districts of Manipur have been living in relief camps since May 2023. Around 250 people have been killed in the ethnic violence between the Kuki-Zo and Meitei people that erupted in the State on May 3, 2023.
India Gazette
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
25 BJP MLAs meet in Imphal to push for popular government
Imphal (Manipur) [India], May 30 (ANI): Nearly 25 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs are meeting at the residence of party MLA Thongam Biswajit Singh in Imphal to push for the formation of a popular government in Manipur. On May 28, nearly 10 MLAs, including eight from the BJP, one from the National People's Party (NPP), and one Independent MLA, met Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal to stake a claim to form a government in the state. Ten MLAs, including eight from the BJP, one from the NPP, and one Independent MLA, met Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal on Wednesday, demanding the formation of a 'popular' government in the ethnic violence-hit state. Their meeting with the governor came amid a civil disobedience campaign in the Imphal valley led by a Meitei organisation, which alleged that central armed forces had insulted the state's identity by masking the words 'Manipur State Transport' on a state-run bus on May 20. 'The majority of people want a popular government installed, which is why we came here to meet the Governor,' Independent MLA Sapam Nishikanta Singh told reporters after the meeting. 'We also discussed other things, like the functioning of the President's rule may not be the same after the formation of a popular government. Primarily and basically, the main point was the formation of a popular government. The response of the Governor was also nice,' he added. President's Rule was imposed in Manipur on February 13, days after BJP leader N. Biren Singh resigned as Chief Minister. Ethnic conflict broke out in the State on May 3, 2023, causing the loss of lives of hundreds of people. (ANI)
Economic Times
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
Manipur RS MP Leishemba Sanajaoba hopes for a govt in the state in next 2 months
Leishemba Sanajaoba Synopsis Leishemba Sanajaoba hopes for a popular government in Manipur soon. Sambit Patra visited Manipur and met with key leaders. He also met former Chief Minister N Biren Singh. Twenty-one MLAs urged the formation of a government to ensure peace. Manipur has been under President's Rule since February. The assembly's tenure lasts until 2027. Manipur's Rajya Sabha MP, Leishemba Sanajaoba expressed hope that a popular government would be installed in the state within the next couple of months. ADVERTISEMENT The lone Rajya sabha MP in a programme said, "We have placed personal ambition above the state's interests. The imposition of President's Rule happened because we prioritised power and self-interest over Manipur's welfare. " Recently BJP's northeast in-charge Sambit Patra visited Manipur. The state has been under President's rule since February this year. Patra visited Churachandpur and met key leaders, including Thanlon MLA Vungzagin Valte, who survived a mob attack in Imphal on May 4, also held meetings with Churachandpur legislator L M Khaute and leaders of the Zomi Students' Federation (ZSF), who submitted a memorandum outlining their came back to Imphal and held a meeting with former Chief minister N Biren Singh. A senior BJP leader said, 'There were some MLAs present in the meeting.' ADVERTISEMENT He met Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh, BJP MLA Yumnam Khemchand Singh, BJP MLA Shyamkumar Singh and BJP MLA and former minister L Susindro Meitei. There was a meeting with Naga People's Front (NPF) leaders Awangbow Newmai, Khashim Vashum.' NPF is an ally of BJP in visit comes nearly a week after 21 Manipur MLAs wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, urging them to form a "popular government" in the state, which is under President's rule to ensure peace and normalcy. ADVERTISEMENT An MLA who does not want to be named said that among the 21 MLAs, most of MLAs belonged to BJP and MLAs of National People's Party (NPP), NPF and two independent legislators were part of the letter of the MLAs to the Prime Minister and the union home minister said that the people of Manipur welcome the President's Rule with lots of hope and expectations, but no visible actions to bring peace and normalcy in the state have been seen so far. ADVERTISEMENT Manipur has been under the President's Rule since February 13. The 60- Manipur Assembly, which, after the promulgation of President's Rule, has been put under suspended animation, has a tenure till BJP falling to find a consensus candidate for the chief ministership, President's rule was imposed on, four days after Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, who was heading a BJP-led government for the second term, resigned on February 9, following ethnic violence. ADVERTISEMENT A senior BJP leader, who did not want to be named, said, 'There are too many candidates in the fray for the chief minister ship. Assembly Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh and former Municipal Administrations, Housing and former Urban Development minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh were vying for the chief minister's post.'He said two former ministers, including Th Biswajit and Govindas Konthoujam were also in the race. Over 260 people were killed, more than 1,500 injured, and over 70,000 people displaced after the ethnic violence broke out between the Meitei and the Kuki-Zo people on May 3, 2023, after a 'Tribal Solidarity March', organised in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe status. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel) (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News, Budget 2025 Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online. NEXT STORY
Time of India
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
21 Manipur NDA MLAs seek ‘popular govt' in state
1 2 Guwahati: A group of 21 NDA legislators of Manipur on Tuesday submitted letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, seeking establishment of a 'popular govt' to restore peace and normality in the state which is under President's rule since Feb 13. The MLAs said Manipur had welcomed imposition of President's Rule "with lots of hopes and expectations" but even after more than two months, "no visible action to bring peace and normalcy in the state is seen so far." Stating there is a strong apprehension among the common people that violence may re-occur, these MLAs conveyed to Modi and Shah that many civil society organizations have now come out openly against the imposition of President's Rule and have been demanding installation of a popular govt in the state. "These organizations have started organizing public rallies, street corner meetings instigating the general public, blaming the ruling MLAs for not staking claim to form a popular govt and fixing responsibility for imposition of President's Rule in Manipur ," they added. The group includes 13 MLAs from BJP, three each from National People's Party (NPP) and Naga People's Front (NPF) and two independents. Former chief minister N Biren Singh and some MLAs known close to him are not among the signatories. Also, BJP's seven MLAs belonging to the Kuki-Zo community are not among the signatories. The state assembly currently has 59 members of which 37 are from BJP, six from NPP, five from NPF, five from Congress, two from Kuki People's Alliance, one from JD(U) and three Independents. One seat is vacant following the death of an MLA. President's Rule was imposed after the NDA failed to elect a leader to succeed Biren Singh following his resignation as the chief minister of the state amid the ethnic conflicts between Meiteis and Kuki-Zos since May, 2023, resulting in over 260 casualties and over 50,000 displaced people. The state assembly also is currently in suspended animation. The legislators also assured the two national leaders that they "will work with full dedication and devotion to bring peace and normalcy in our state after installation of a popular government ." Manipur Congress chief Keisham Meghachandra Singh criticised the MLAs for circumventing the governor. "These legislators, who should have gone to Raj Bhavan in Imphal to stake claim a formation of a new govt, had chosen to write not to the Governor. Instead, they chose to write to the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister. The state is placed under President's Rule. Their actions show that they are not serious about meeting the Governor to stake claim to the new government in Manipur," Meghachandra posted on X. He added, "The mandate of the people of Manipur can't be played for their political conveniences. The people of Manipur want a change. The people of Manipur want a new alternative. We must honour the new alternative and the change that the people of Manipur will bring for our better future."
India Today
21-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
President's medal awardee policeman gets life imprisonment for killing woman cop
A court in Maharashtra on Monday sentenced former police inspector Abhay Kurundkar, a President's medal recipient, to life imprisonment for the 2016 killing of assistant police inspector Ashwini Bidre-Gore, 37, with whom he was having an KR Paldewar of the Panvel sessions court said for handing a death sentence, there was a parameter under which it was to be seen if this was a case of way the body was dismembered and disposed of shows brutality, but it does not make it an exceptional case. The age of the accused has to be considered and the reformation probability. He is a family man. He lost his wife in the pandemic. He has an unmarried son, so there is a chance of reform," he said. "I do not think this is a case of an exception being made out. So, this is a case of life sentence," the judge Public Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat, representing the Maharashtra government, had sought the death penalty for Kurundkar, who was convicted earlier this month by the Panvel sessions out the seriousness of the crime, Gharat submitted, "When a police officer commits the murder of a lower-rank officer, that too a woman, and the body is cut into pieces and disposed of to destroy evidence, it shakes the collective conscience of society".advertisementAshwini was married in 2005 to Raju Gore, an engineer, social activist and a farmer, and they had a daughter. But, the relationship between the two was strained and Ashwini was living on her own in Navi to prosecution, Kurundkar was also married and he and Ashwini were involved in a relationship. The prosecution claimed that it was Ashwini's insistence on getting married to Kurundkar that led him to murder her at his residence in Thane in an API with the Navi Mumbai police's human rights cell, went missing on April 11, to the prosecution, Kurundkar had shown the utmost cruelty while killing and disposing of Ashwini's body. After he had strangled her, he had cut her body into small parts, stuffed it in a trunk and sack and dumped it in Vasai creek. The remains were never found and the entire case was built on circumstantial evidence by the was awarded the President's medal in 2017, the year he was arrested in the case. As per the police, Kurundkar was in an extra-marital relationship with driver, Kundan Bhandari, and his friend Mahesh Phalanikar, who have been in jail since 2018, were also convicted for destruction of evidence. However, since they had already spent more than the maximum punishment in jail, they were let off after the pronouncement of judgment. The judge said that their release order will be handed to them on Ashwini was killed in 2016, it was only after 2017 that the investigation picked up pace. Ashwini's family recounted how the police did nothing on their complaint and even recommended Kurundkar for the President's medal for gallantry in submitted a list of police officers to the court, saying that their acts of omission and commission furthered and facilitated the burking of the incident. He said action under Section 109 (punishment for abetment) of the Indian Penal Code should be initiated against judge has recommended action against all those policemen who had allegedly derelicted duty.(with inputs from PTI) IN THIS STORY#Maharashtra#Mumbai
