The director general of Assam Rifles, Lieutenant General PC Nair on August 12 met Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh to discuss the prevailing security scenario in the strife-torn state.
Manipur Crisis
“DG Assam Rifles Lt Gen PC Nair on August 12 met Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh to discuss the security situation and issues pertaining to the Assam Rifles in Manipur,” the Assam Rifles stated in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
The meeting comes amid allegations by state BJP MLAs, and various Meitei civil society organizations, that the Assam Rifles were biased towards one community of the Northeastern state.
The Assam Rifles have been stationed in the buffer zones between the Meitei and Kuki-Zomi dominated areas. There were a total of 20 battalions of Assam Rifles units stationed in the state.
Ethnic clashes have claimed the lives of at least 160 people. Ethnic clashes between the Meitei and the Kuki-Zomi community broke out after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.