"Every Peace Rally Is Violence Day For Kukis": Manipur BJP Spokesperson's House Set On Fire For 3rd Time
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The latest attack comes on a day the Kuki tribes are holding protests against Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who they say is responsible for the ethnic crisis
Manipur BJP spokesperson and Thadou tribe leader T Michael Lamjathang Haokip's house was vandalised and set on fire in Kuki-dominated Churachandpur district today. This was the third attack at his house since the Meitei-Kuki ethnic violence began in May 2023. Every peace rally is a violence day for Kukis!Down with Ultra Kuki extremists and supremacists! I strongly condemn the arson attack at Shri Micheal Lamjathang Haokip's parents' residence for the third time today. The repeated targeting of our people (Thadou in this case), often under the guise of peace rallies, is a deeply troubling trend.Such acts of provocation will... pic.twitter.com/BPEqteo5sc
The latest attack comes on a day the Kuki tribes are holding protests against Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who they say is responsible for the crisis. They have cited a leaked audio tape - which the state government has called "doctored" - to strengthen their allegations against Mr Singh, who belongs to the BJP. They held the rallies in Churachandpur's Leishang, Kangpokpi's Keithelmanbi, and Tengnoupal's Moreh.
Many other recognised tribes in Manipur did not participate in the Kuki-led protests today, and communicated their decisions through public statements -- unlike on May 3, 2023 when under the banner of the All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) some non-Kuki tribes participated.
