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Manipur: Rahul Gandhi Stuck In Bishnupur After Police Stop Convoy Fearing Attack

Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi’s convoy remains stuck at Bishnupur after his convoy was stopped by the Manipur police on Thursday, amid allegations by the party that the BJP-led government is trying to thwart the leader’s visit to the ethnic strife-torn state. The convoy of Rahul Gandhi, which was traveling to Churachandpur to visit relief camps in the area, was stopped by the police at Bishnupur, about 20 kilometers from the state capital. He had earlier in the day landed at Imphal from Delhi.

Police officials said the convoy was stopped fearing violence

“There is a security threat. We cannot take the risk of allowing Rahul Gandhi to proceed,” a senior police official said. The Congress, however, alleged that the BJP governments at the Centre and the state are using “autocratic methods” to stall the visit of Gandhi.

The “double-engine disastrous governments are using autocratic methods to stall a compassionate outreach by Shri Rahul Gandhi. This is totally unacceptable and shatters all constitutional and democratic norms,” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted. The party’s state president Keisham Meghachandra alleged that the order to stop Gandhi’s convoy came from Chief Minister N Biren Singh as “everyone was welcoming him”.

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Stone pelting at Rahul Gandhi

Police sources said tyres were burnt on the highway near Utlou village in Bishnupur district and a few stones were thrown at the convoy.  “We fear a repetition of such events and hence as a precaution, requested the convoy to halt at Bishnupur,” a police officer told media. More than 100 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in the northeastern state so far. Clashes first broke out on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organized in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. Meiteis account for about 53 percent of Manipur’s population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley. Tribals — Nagas and Kukis — constitute another 40 per cent of the population and reside in the hill districts.

Source: PTI

Bharat Express English

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