Prayagraj:
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and a few of his cupboard colleagues and MLAs took a dip in the present day on the Triveni Sangam in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj throughout the Maha Kumbh.
The chief minister in a publish on X stated he prayed for “peace, prosperity and well-being” of the nation and Manipur.
The northeast state bordering Myanmar is but to return to full normalcy after ethnic clashes started between the Meitei group and the Kuki tribes in Could 2023.
Mr Singh posted a number of pictures from the Maha Kumbh, the place he additionally met BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad.
“Standing on the sacred confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the magical Saraswati at Triveni Sangam, one feels the embrace of divinity itself. Because the cool waters contact the soul, they wash away not simply the mud of the physique however the burdens of numerous lifetimes,” Mr Singh stated in a publish on X. He wore a conventional white dhoti and a stole.
“With folded arms and a coronary heart stuffed with devotion, I pray for the peace, prosperity, and well-being of our nice nation and the beloved individuals of Manipur,” he stated.
Standing on the sacred confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the magical Saraswati at Triveni Sangam, one feels the embrace of divinity itself. Because the cool waters contact the soul, they wash away not simply the mud of the physique however the burdens of numerous lifetimes.
With folded… pic.twitter.com/4aG9pxH9qr
— N. Biren Singh (@NBirenSingh) February 6, 2025
“At Triveni Sangam, the place sacred rivers unite, the waters cleanse each physique and soul. I pray for our nation and Manipur, in search of peace, energy, and prosperity. Could divine grace information us towards unity and light-weight,” he added.
At Triveni Sangam, the place sacred rivers unite, the waters cleanse each physique and soul. I pray for our nation and Manipur, in search of peace, energy, and prosperity. Could divine grace information us towards unity and light-weight. pic.twitter.com/X6zRW3sNiA
— N. Biren Singh (@NBirenSingh) February 6, 2025
UP minister Dinesh Khatik, throughout his go to to Manipur, invited the chief minister to the Maha Kumbh.
The chief minister left for Delhi on Wednesday. Three ministers and 4 BJP MLAs additionally adopted the identical day.
Greater than 250 individuals have been killed and 50,000 left homeless within the Manipur violence.
Elusive Peace
Mr Singh has stated he has been working to convey peace, however teams with vested pursuits have been making an attempt to derail any transfer in the direction of bringing peace.
Kuki teams, together with rebel organisations that characterize their tribes and that signed the controversial suspension of operations (SoO) settlement with the Centre and the state authorities, have pointed on the ethnic clashes as the rationale why they escalated their demand from an autonomous council to a separate administration, or a Union Territory with an meeting.
The World Kuki-Zo Mental Council (WKZIC), nevertheless, in a memorandum to Manipur’s new Governor on January 15 stated the Kuki tribes have been demanding a state “since 1946-47.”
The internally displaced individuals from each communities are but to return house.
Kuki leaders have stated a “political resolution” within the type of a separate administration needs to be mentioned first earlier than some other points, together with the return of 1000’s of individuals dwelling in reduction camps.
Meitei leaders have, nevertheless, cited this situation positioned by the Kuki leaders as a deceitful try and arrange a story for an ethnocentric homeland demand; the Meitei leaders’ argument is that talks can go on whereas on the similar time individuals dwelling in tough situations within the camps may return house since no territory is ethnic unique.
The demand for an ethnocentric homeland is untenable and out of date in Manipur, the place not less than 35 communities co-exist, a bunch of activists and lecturers from the violence-hit state bordering Myanmar had stated at a aspect occasion of the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva in October.
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