Calling for unity, Rahul Gandhi added, “Manipur deserves better — and for that, uniting India is the only way forward.”
His remarks came a day after fresh violence erupted in Manipur’s Kamjong district near the India-Myanmar border, where armed militants torched houses in at least two tribal villages.
Officials said around 10 thatched houses were set ablaze in Phaimol, a Kuki-Zo village located about 45 km northeast of Chassad police station. The village had already been evacuated, with residents taking shelter in a nearby village for more than a week, and no casualties were reported.
The Kuki Inpi Manipur, the apex body of the Kuki community, condemned the attack and alleged that the arson was carried out by armed outfits operating from across the Myanmar border.
In what officials suspect was a retaliatory attack, militants also torched around eight houses in Kongkan Thana and adjoining Tangkhul Naga-inhabited areas of Kamjong district.
However, Leishiyo Keishing, the MLA from Phungyar, claimed that at least 12 houses belonging to the Tangkhul Naga community were destroyed in the attack.
Security forces have intensified operations in the border district as authorities monitor the volatile situation amid heightened tensions between the Naga and Kuki communities.
With PTI inputs
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