Manipur violence: Opposition demands Amit Shah’s sacking, President rule

The Imphal Valley in Manipur remained peaceful but tense on Friday police said However intermittent gunfights between militant groups and security forces were reported from the hill districts surrounding the valley they addedA senior police officer told PTI that militant groups have involved themselves in the ethnic clashes They were involved in exchanges with security forces in Churachandpur Bishnupur and Imphal East districts he added But it was not known whether there was any casualtyThe defence PRO in a statement said ldquoThe situation has been brought under controlrdquoPresident ruleMeanwhile Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha wrote to President Droupadi Murmu calling for the imposition of presidentrsquos rule in Manipur ldquoMajoritarian violence in one state of the country conveys impunity for similar violence in the rest of the country and provides encouragement to destabilising forcesrdquo the RJD leader statedThe Congress again called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfil his duty towards Manipur instead electioneering in Karnataka and sought Home Minister Amit Shahrsquos sacking for his ldquocomplete failurerdquo in maintaining peace in the stateAlso Read Manipur violence explained Trouble long brewing ST status for Meiteis just the sparklsquoStop electioneeringrsquoldquoModi ji you are an elected PM and the people of Karnataka are also watching what is happening in Manipur and want that you should save Manipur from burning and restore peace in the state first Seeking votes in Karnataka is against your lsquokartavyarsquo duty and we want to remind you that your duty is to save Manipur insteadrdquo Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate saidShe charged that the home minister has totally failed and referred to an earlier clash between police forces of Assam and Mizoram and the border rift between Maharashtra and KarnatakaldquoWhat moral right do you have to remain in your post Actually Presidentrsquos rule should be imposed immediately by invoking Article 356 of the Constitution and attempts should be made to bring back peace in the staterdquo she saidMeanwhile sources said Shah taking regular inputs from security and intelligence agencies about the Manipur situationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever