Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately begin talks between the leaders of the Meitei and tribal communities to restore peace in Manipur, the Congress said on Wednesday after the party’s fact-finding team visited the State.
Senior party leader Ajoy Kumar said that extremists had taken over the narrative in the State, leaving the two communities starkly divided.
“The worrying sign is that the situation has gone out of control from the politicians and the narrative has taken over by the extremists. Now, even politicians are speaking this language. Kuki officials have left the [Imphal] valley and gone to hills and Meitei officials have left hills and gone to valley,” Mr. Kumar said at a press conference after the fact-finding delegation submitted its report.
