N.Biren Singh Has No Right to Comment on Internal Matters of Kuki-Zo Communities

It is ridiculous or nonsensical that the “Crime Minister”(CM) of Meiteis’ Kangleipak N Biren Singh has to condemn the reported vandalism of T. Michael Lamjathang Haokip ‘s residence at Lamka.

He has no right to make comments on internal matters of the Kuki communities, including the Thadou tribe. Since the state of Manipur has been totally separated physically, ethnically and geographically, N. Biren Singh is no longer the Chief Minister for the Kuki-Zo people
and he has no control over the Kuki hills.

On Sunday night, unknown miscreants had vandalised the house of the state BJP spokesperson T Michael Lamjathang Haokip, a BJP Spokesperson, and reportedly fired shots in the air as a sign of warning for his unnecessary comments over the Kuki-Zo communitieson a Meitei-owned TV Discussion show.

One must note that in the wake of the state-sponsored ethnic cleansing pogrom against the Kuki-Zo people, Mr. Michael Lamjathang is regarded as a traitor for aligning with the Meiteis, particularly with the chief architect of the violence, N. Biren Singh. His unwanted action angered some miscreants amongst his own community, the result of which was undesirable.

Taking on X (Twitter), N. Biren Singh said: “The attack carried out on the family members of Michael
Lamjathang, a leader of the Thadou community, one of the oldest among the ethnic tribes of Manipur, as well as a BJP spokesperson, by vandalising his house was an act of cowardice.”

“I consider this personal harm being put on one of our recognised tribes as a direct challenge to
the unity and integrity of the state. Attacks on any particular community of the recognised tribes of
Manipur, as well as the attack on the family of the BJP spokesperson, are condemned in the strongest terms. We will initiate appropriate legal action against the culprits,” Mr Singh said.

The fact is that the unity and integrity of Manipur has already shattered, and any ideological difference between individuals within a particular community is neither related to the state’s integrity nor it harms the Meitei community’s interest. N. Biren Singh must note that he should not necessarily throw any “divide and rule” policy among the Kuki-Zo
communities.

N. Biren Singh’s comment on the internal matters between Kuki individuals is nothing but his sinister design of escaping from the core issue of the state government’s complicity in the ongoing genocide, as exposed by his audiotapes which were published by The Wire news website. How hard he tries, he could not escape from his crimes against humanity.