Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, May 30, visited Churachandpur, the scene of some of the worst rioting in the recent ethnic conflict which broke out in Manipur earlier and held talks with Kuki civil society leaders.
"The situation now in Manipur is not insurgency-related but is a clash between two ethnicities. It’s a law and order situation that we are helping the state government with. Armed forces and Assam rifles have done an excellent job and may have saved a large number of lives.
Challenges in Manipur have not disappeared. It will take some time. Hopefully, this will settle and the state government will be able to do the job with the help of CAPF etc, " CDS, Gen Anil Chauhan said.
Answering a question on the situation in Manipur during an interaction with the media, the CDS said, “Before 2020, there was Army, there was Assam Rifles, all deployed in the state of Manipur for counterinsurgency operations. Since the challenges of the Northern borders were far more, we were able to withdraw the Army. Since the insurgency situation had normalised, we were able to do that.
Meanwhile, on the second day of his visit to the violence-hit state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted to say that he has "instructed" security forces to strictly deal with any activities disturbing the peace.
"Reviewed the security situation in Manipur in a meeting with senior officials of the Manipur Police, CAPFs and the Indian Army in Imphal. Peace and prosperity of Manipur is our top priority, instructed them to strictly deal with any activities disturbing the peace," he wrote.
The Manipur government has announced that it will not allow social media platforms to host any information that it identifies as “fake, lies, rumours or misinformation,” which can worsen the prevailing law and order situation in the state.
An order issued by the State Home department warned that the government would not hesitate to act as per law against those found involved in such activities.
The measure is being taken following reports that a number of individuals in responsible positions with large followings on social media were observed to be directly involved in generating or sharing information found to be fake news, lies, rumours or misinformation in connection with the ongoing law and order situation in Manipur.
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