Armed persons had threatened a Congress intending candidate of Outer Manipur constituency Alfred Kanngam Arthur by firing several rounds of automatic gunfire in the vicinity of his campaign meetings held in Phangrei and Teinem on two occasions.
Today there are allegations on the state government for sponsoring the ethnic cleansing of Kuki-Zo minorities and at the same time Meitei community floating narratives like drug business, illegal infiltration etc against the Kuki-Zo.
With Union Home Minister Amit Shah holding an all-party meeting on the Manipur situation on Saturday, the Trinamool Congress demanded an all-party delegation be sent to the violence-hit state within a week as it wondered if the the government was "trying to turn Manipur into Kashmir".