Govt plans counter-offensive for House battle on Manipur

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
blast holes in the allegations of mishandling Manipur in what can set the stage for a bruising showdown on the floor of Lok Sabha.In
the planning said speakers from the treasury benches would point to the Naga-Kuki clashes which claimed 750 lives between 1993-1998 and led
to the destruction of 350 villages
until 1998.Sources, citing records available with the home ministry, said the inter-tribal conflict between Kukis and Paites between June
will also include the Meitei-Pangal clash of May 1993 which left 100 dead, the Kuki-Tamil clashes in Moreh in 1995 which claimed nine lives
and forced 9,000 of the 13,000 Tamil population in the town to leave.Speakers from the treasury benches are also likely to highlight the
standstill and sent prices of essential commodities soaring, ranged from 30 days to as many as 139 days during those years and yet failed to
fact that not a single blockade was organised during BJP rule
They are also expected to argue that the BJP government swiftly responded to the eruption of violence in May by dispatching forces and by
getting Army engineers to construct a railway platform at Khongsang to ensure the first-ever delivery of essential commodities to Manipur by
rail.