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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday explained the factors that led to clashes in Manipur and what steps the central government took to control the situation in the northeastern state where violence between two communities - Meitie and Kukis - began on May 3...
During the discussion on the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha, Shah said that over the last six years, the Centre didn't have to impose a curfew in Manipur until May 3."There was no bandh, no blockade in Manipur..
The Home Minister said that what fuelled the fire was Manipur High Court's order, directing the state government to consider Tribal status to Meities..
Countering the charge by the opposition that PM Modi does not care about Manipur, Amit Shah informed the House that the Prime Minister called him at 4and 6:30 am after the violence broke out..
"We did 16 video conferencing, deployed 36,000 CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) personnel, used Air Force planes, changed chief secretary and DGP, sent security advisor...we did all these things by May 4 evening (a day after the violence started)," the home minister said.. Shah also responded why the Centre did not use Article 356 to invoke President's rule in Manipur..
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