IPSA attributes conflict to safe future campaigns
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, July 15 2024: International Peace and Social Advancement (IPSA) has stated that if we are to prevent a similar conflict from occurring in the future, the current and future generation need to be aware of the root cause of the ongoing conflict.

The day we forget the root cause, it would spell the end of Meetei community it asserted.

In a statement, IPSA said that the conflict broke out as campaigns were initiated with the aim of protecting the future generation.

The state government launched the War on Drugs' campaign to save the youth of the state from the harmful influence of drugs.

As such, poppy plantation was banned and encroachment in reserved forest areas prohibited, followed by identification of illegal immigrants.

However, these activities were challenged by Chin-Kuki narco terrorists and they started attacking Meetei community, throwing the state into pandemonium.

The statement continued that the present focus of tension is now in Jiribam, where gunfights are occurring continuously, with two state police personnel injured and a CRPF soldier killed till date.

If the Chin-Kuki terrorists manage to take control of Jiribam, the countdown to the end of Meetei community will begin.

Thus, it is not the time for Meetei community to quarrel amongst ourselves, but to unite.

Urging the central government to put an end to the conflict while taking into account the root cause; IPSA iterated the state government's statement to the central government that the conflict is not ethnic violence, which the latter is aware of.

Thus, the central government cannot be double-tongued.

It is impossible for Manipur to disintegrate and become the second Golden Triangle.

If the conflict is handled while understanding the root cause, life of the future generation would be safe and sound, it elaborated.

The statement then said that IPSA has been extending assistance to those displaced by the violence and staying in relief camps.

Consequent to the fresh bout of violence in Jiribam, around 800 people are staying in relief camps.

As such, it urged the political parties to stop trying to deflect the responsibility to the people and blaming each other as it is no longer the time and place for these types of political games.

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