Punjab Outlook

“Indeed. Within 15 months of getting a decisive mandate from all sections of Manipur’s society, he allowed the state to go up in flames,” Ramesh said.”It is still burning with no respite in sight. The Supreme Court has declared that there is a breakdown of the constitutional machinery in the state. Yet Mr Narendra Modi is unmoved,” he said in a post on X.

The prime minister travels around the globe engaging in “huglomacy”, but cannot find the time or the inclination to visit the state since the tragedy began unfolding there on May 3, 2023, the Congress general secretary said.”Today, more than a year since that unfortunate day, Manipur continues to burn. Today his posters were torn in the heart of Imphal, even as mobile and internet services were cut again. Democracy is a tall order — the rule of law itself has fallen apart in the state,” Ramesh said. His remarks come amid an escalation of violence in Manipur.

The state government on Tuesday suspended internet services in the entire state for five days amid intensified agitation by students. Manipur violence escalates: 50 students injured in clash with police, internet snapped for five days

The decision was taken to curb the use of social media for transmission of images, hate speech and hate video, the state home department said in a notification. Also, prohibitory orders were imposed in three districts of Manipur. An indefinite curfew, preventing people from coming outside their houses, was clamped in Imphal East and West districts, while prohibitory orders under Section 163 (2) of BNSS were imposed in Thoubal.Clashes between Meitei and Kukis has left over 200 people dead and thousands homeless since May last year.