The Real , Fundamental and Principal Cause behind the Ethnic-Conflict of Violence and Conflagration in Manipur
In Manipur one of the northeastern states of India , a state consisting of multi-ethnic population , since May 3 , communal riots have been raging unabated unleashing , unprecedented human displacement , loss of lives and destruction of property . Houses , churches , temples etc . are vandalized besides arson across five districts . Central and state governments are unable to bring out any peace in the state with their actions . This ethnic conflict spurted in to violence is perceived to be the consequence of a long-standing hillvalley identity divide in the state , which is avoidable if the governments have provided a proper governance by focusing in the accommodation of the identity of various tribes and their culture and adopted the policies that could bring out unity and amity among the population of different tribes and ethnicity .
In 1949 Manipur had merged in the Indian union . From that time onwards even the independent rulers of India have been ruling the population of Manipur with the very same policies of colonial rulers and the mindset of the colonial rulers . Instead of providing a governance of fulfilling the aspirations and well-being
� railway administration is callous and irresponsible towards the safety of passengers and behaving unaccountable to the people at large .
The announcement of ex-gratia to the deceased and injured by the Railway Minister or the shedding of crocodile tears expressing grief over the accident by the PM and other rulers is in no way a consolence , to those affected by the accident or to the people of the nation shocked at this disastrous tragedy .
The Central government and the railway administration are solely responsible for this manmade crime , but not any scapegoats to be invented in future .
June - 2023 of the people of various tribes inhabiting in the state by promoting their cultural identities in bringing about unity among them , any difference arisen between the tribes has been treated as an issue and problem of maintenance of law and order and suppressed with ferocious state oppression . Added to this , the tactics adopted by the rulers of political parties for catching the votes based on tribal identities and religious and caste identities of the people too had caused a divide among the people of Manipur .
The topography of Manipur too had played a great deal for the divide of people based on the identity of hill or valley inhabitation . While there is 10 % landmass in Manipur , 90 % are hills . Out of the 20,85,000 population of Manipur , 60 % live in the land mass area of Imphal at the centre of the state and the remaining 40 % of the population inhabit in the surrounding hills .
About 60 % Manipur ’ s population that live in Imphal valley and other valley belong to non-tribal Meiteis and the 40 % population living in hills are tribals of around 33 tribes comprising of Naga and Kuki-Zomi clans .
While more than 83 % of the Meitei people are associated with Hinduism ,
The Railway Minister Aswini Vaishnav ; and the railway board members ought have resigned accepting their moral and administrative responsibility for this gruesome manmade railway accident !
The necessity of a powerful commuter and people ’ s movement demanding the operation of railways as a public transport system accessible to common man and the strictest safety of the railway passengers appears to be the immediate necessity for the protection of the people ’ s interests and safety !
Central Committee
03-06-2023 CPI ( ML ) more than 90 % of Kuki-Zomi people are Christians . Hinduism penetrated in to Manipur in the late 15 th century , but large scale adaption of Hindu religion is attributed to the influence of Vaishnav monks . Caste entered Manipur VIA Hinduism broadly dividing Meitei community into 3 castes- the Brahmins , the Kshatriyas and the scheduled castes . This division of population into Hindus and Christians too played a considerable part in the community and ethnic divide on the basis of religions in recent times particularly after BJP entered into central and state rule with its policies of religious hatred against others of Hinduism .
Successive governments have not focused on even development in the state and caused uneven development between land-mass ( urban ) and hill areas . As a result of this the better educated urban dwellers of Imphal valley comprising mainly Hindus – the Meiteis – have better access to good quality drinking water , clean cooking fuel , education and hospitals . They dominate public sector jobs , a higher share of jobs in the industries which provide better employment opportunities . Whereas the relatively less educated tribal people that live in hilly regions which are covered mostly by forests have relatively poor access to basic facilities . The tribal hill population is poorly represented in public sector jobs . Very few of the tribals work in industries and do not earn a sufficient income . They are mainly dependent on hills and forests for their livelihoods . Even in the Manipur state assembly while the Meiteis who live in the landmass area of Imphal valley and Jiribam valley of 5 districts who enjoy a demographic and political advantage send 40 MLAs to the 60 member assembly ; the tribal people living in hill areas of 10 districts send only 20 MLAs . The Meiteis are more advanced
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