More Than 5,800 People Flee To Mizoram After Violent Clashes Break Out In Manipur
Imphal, 15th May 2023: According to officials, more than 5,800 residents of Manipur, which has experienced violence, have fled to Mizoram and are seeking refuge in various districts. They reported that 5,822 members of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo group are residing in six different Mizoram districts’ temporary relief camps.
According to the government, the Aizawl district currently has most of these displaced persons at 2,021, followed by Kolasib (1,847) and Saitual (1,790). C Lalrosanga, a member of the Mizoram Lok Sabha, has approved the demand for a separate administration for tribal people made by the tribal MLAs of Manipur.
In the wake of the violence, 10 Kuki MLAs, including seven from the BJP, demanded that the Centre set up a separate administration, claiming that indigenous people could no longer live under the Manipur government.
After a “Tribal Solidarity March” was arranged throughout the hill districts on May 3 to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, fighting broke out in Manipur.
Tension over the displacement of Kuki people from the reserve forest area had caused several smaller agitations before the violence.
The majority of Meiteis, who make up around 53% of Manipur’s population, reside in the Imphal Valley. Another 40% of the population is made up of the Naga and Kuki tribes, who live in the hill districts.
