Delegation from CPI (M) travels to Manipur and demands that CM N Biren Singh be removed

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) sent a four-person team to Manipur on Friday for a three-day visit.

General Secretary of the CPI (M), Sitaram Yechury, is in charge of the delegation. According to a statement released on Thursday, it also includes Jitendra Chaudhury, Suprakash Talukdar, and Deblina Hembram from the CPI (M) Central Committee.

Yechury informed the media before traveling to Manipur that they want N Biren Singh, the chief minister of Manipur, fired.

Since May 3, when fighting broke out between the Meitei and tribal tribes of the state, Manipur has been plagued by racial conflict. The ethnic violence resulted in the deaths of over 150 persons and the displacement of almost 60,000 people. In the months-long violence, homes, places of worship, administrative centers, and political institutions have all been repeatedly attacked.

The team from the CPI (M) headed by Yechury would be in Manipur until Sunday.

Yechury informed the reporters that during the tour, they would show their support with the Manipurese people and let them know that all of India is behind them.

“The current violence has to be stopped right now. This two-engine government should take whatever actions are necessary. In a video posted by ANI, Yechury spoke in Hindi on the need to dismiss Manipur’s chief minister as the first step.

Yechury said that they would provide advice on the situation in Manipur once they were back from their trip.

Yechury said that they will meet with the governor of Manipur and have a conversation about the changing conditions.

“As time goes on, the situation changes,” he said. What are these changing conditions? Based on that, we would meet with the governor to discuss our suggestions and what needs to be done. We can definitely only explain to her what can be done after witnessing the situation there in reality.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been under fire from the Opposition for his silence on the Manipur crises and for the Center’s reaction to them. Modi finally addressed Manipur before the start of the Parliament’s Monsoon Session more than two months later. Following widespread indignation over a video showing two indigenous women being displayed nude and touched, Modi made his remarks.

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) policies, according to the opposition, which includes the Congress and CPI (M), are to blame for the Manipur problems. Ten opposition parties sent a letter to Modi in June accusing the BJP of using “politics of divide and rule in Manipur” and referring to Chief Minister Singh as the “architect” of the problems.