May 15 : Days after clashes erupted across Manipur between the state’s majority Meitei community and the Kuki-Zomi tribes, leading to at least 60 deaths, Chief Minister N Biren Singh arrived in the national capital along with four of his senior-most ministers and met Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday evening. Singh and his ministers
Message conveyed at Amit Shah’s meeting with CM N Biren Singh and senior state ministers on Sunday; party wants more time to look into Kuki grievances but also aware of massive Meitei support for Biren Singh
After winning Manipur with party-hoppers, BJP has struggled to keep dissidence under control. Biren Singh, meanwhile, is firefighting on another front too: Ethnic tensions continue to impose a huge governance burden, the latest manifestation being the anti-govt violence in Kuki-dominated Churachandpur district