Home Minister Amit Shah will campaign in violence-hit Manipur today.
Shah landed in Agartala on Sunday and spent the night in Tripura. He will address public rallies in Tripura and Manipur as part of the Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
“Amit Shah ji arrived in the state on Sunday evening and will address an election rally for our candidate at Tripura East Lok Sabha seat at Kumarghat in Unakoti district on Monday,” BJP state general secretary Amit Rakshit told news agency PTI.
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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, Tipra Motha Chief Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, IPFT President Prem Kumar Reang and BJP nominee for Tripura East Lok Sabha seat Kriti Devi Debbarman will be present at the meeting in Tripura before the Union Home Minister goes to Manipur.
Shah is expected to hold meetings with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, and Manipur BJP president A Sharda Devi and other party leaders in Imphal late on Monday. He will campaign for Thounaojam Basanta Kumar Singh, BJP candidate from Inner Manipur constituency, one of the two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur. Singh is also the Minister of Education in the Manipur government. The seat is currently occupied by BJP leader and External Affairs Minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh.
The BJP has not fielded any candidate from the Outer Manipur segment but will back the candidates fielded by the Naga People's Front (NSF), its ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
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Ethnic violence broke out in Manipur in May last year after a tribal solidarity march was organized in the state's hill districts to protest against the majority Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Since then, more than 200 people have been killed and thousands displaced in the violence-hit state. On April 13, violence broke out in Manipur when two men were killed on the border of Kangpokpi-Imphal East districts.
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Published: Apr 15, 2024 10:04am IST