Manipur violence: 'Government is making every possible effort to normalize the situation in the state', said Foreign Minister Jaishankar

Posted on 27th Sep 2023 by rohit kumar

Violence has been going on in Manipur for more than four months. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar says that from the Center to the state government, every possible effort is being made to bring peace to Manipur. Also, the government is looking for a way by which the situation there can become normal and adequate law and order can be implemented.

 

a long history of stress

 

Jaishankar was answering questions on the situation in India\'s northeastern state at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Tuesday. The Foreign Minister said, \'I feel that the migrants who came here are also responsible for the condition of Manipur. “However, there are also tensions that have a long history that predates that.”

 

Efforts continue to find a way

He said, \'I think efforts are being made by the state government and the central government to find a way by which the situation can become normal. Weapons seized during the violence can be recovered and adequate law and order can be implemented. So that incidents of violence do not occur there.

 

rift between the united nations and India

 

Earlier this month, a group of UN experts said they were shocked by reports and images of violence targeting women and girls in Manipur. He had urged the Government of India to investigate the incidents and take strong action to punish the culprits. Experts expressed concern over reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in Manipur, including alleged  violence, killings, destruction of homes, forced migration of people from their homes, torture, and ill-treatment.

 

However, India rejected these comments, calling them 'inappropriate, speculative and misleading\', and said that the situation in the state was peaceful.

 

Foreign Minister\'s statement

 

When Jaishankar was asked about this, he said that he did not make this comment personally but through the spokesperson. The Foreign Minister said that if you want to ask me whether she was right, then yes.

 

During this, the minister was also asked about reports by Sweden's V-Dem Institute and US government-funded NGO Freedom House, which criticized India on freedom and democracy. Jaishankar had criticized both the organizations. Responding to a question on this at a CFR event, he said, 'If you are right in understanding it, my answer is that I think it is very clear that the people who are writing this report have already kept one side only. They often distort the facts. He said that many of these reports are full of inaccuracies.

 

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