Amit Shah Chairs High-Level Meeting On Manipur Security Situation Amid Ongoing Ethnic Conflict

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Manipur, which has been experiencing ethnic violence for over a year.

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Tapan Deka, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Army Chief (Designate) Lt General Upendra Dwivedi, GoC Three Corps HS Sahi, Security Advisor to Manipur Kuldiep Singh, Manipur Chief Secretary Vineet Joshi, Manipur DGP Rajiv Singh, and Assam Rifles DG Pradeep Chandran Nair were present at the meeting, which was held in New Delhi.

On Sunday, Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey met with the home minister to discuss the prevailing situation in the Northeastern state.

Ethnic violence which erupted in Manipur on May 3, 2023, after a tribal solidarity march in the hill districts protested against the majority Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status.

Since then, over 220 people from both the Kuki and Meitei communities, as well as security personnel, have been killed in the ongoing conflict.

Meiteis account for about 53% of Manipur’s population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley, while tribals, including Nagas and Kukis, constitute 40% and reside mainly in the hill districts.

(With inputs from agencies)