Diabolical machinations
- Hueiyen Lanpao Editorial :: May 07 2015 -
The unprovoked, senseless and highly reprehensible gun attack against the villagers who were observing the festivity of Manipur's traditional forest gods will be condemned by all human beings.
Some groups with a diabolical plan to tear to shreds the social fabric and sabotage the generations old cordial communal harmony must be behind the dastardly and gruesome attack.
The perpetrators of the most heinous crime will not have the moral courage to come out to the open and justify the horrendous crime.
But till the last moment of their miserable life, repentance and guilty conscience shall continue to dog them.
The syrupy statement of the Chief Minister on the bloody incident is not enough.
He should have done some tough talking and taken up tougher actions.
It is also inexplicable why his Home Minister is hiding in the plain sight and why all other Ministers and MLAs turn a blind eye to this sublime tragedy which could burgeon elsewhere leading to drawing a new and sorry road map.
At the machinations of some anti-social elements, Manipur had witnessed protracted the Naga-Kuki pogrom and the Meitei-Pangal riot of May 3, 1993.
All sections of people have been trying to bury the hatchet and yet this most condemnable Pallel incident was engineered by some sleazy elements.
Since people are not listening to them, the elected members should stop talking about sermons.
Instead police, State and Central forces should be pressed into actions round the clock to smoke out the gunmen which should not be a difficult thing to accomplish.
Once, they are grilled the Government will know why bloody plans were hatched out to create a social and communal chasm among the different sections of people at a place like Pallel.
Once, all aspects of this hitherto unknown conspiracy are known, the government could take up precautionary and pro-active steps.
From his cursory reference to the incident, it appears that Ibobi may be planning to dissuade the JAC from carrying on the agitations on some promises.
But this is a unique happening and his ploy will not work. The Government should handle with care and long sightedness.
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