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In yet incident that reveals the hard ground reality in Manipur , a women’s rally outside the Imphal residence of Union minister R K Ranjan Singh turned ugly when the protestors threw stones at it demanding that he speak in Parliament about the situation in the ethnic strife-affected state.
This is the second time in two months that the house of the junior minister for external affairs came under attack, reported PTI.
Students of Manipur University too took out a rally during the day demanding restoration of peace in the state. The police fired tear gas shells to disperse them as the youths crossed an area up to which permission was given to them to hold the rally.
However, nobody was present at the minister’s house at the time of the attack and not much harm was done to it.
Security personnel posted at the house in Kongba locality in Imphal town dispersed the protesters who also sought restoration of internet services.
”We demand that the minister speak in Parliament about the situation in the state. We want internet services back. We want to tell people what is happening to us,” one of the protestors said.
The authorities banned internet services across the northeastern state for the first time on May 3 when clashes between ethnic communities began. It is being extended from time to time “to prevent any disturbance of peace and public order”.
A mob had attacked the minister’s residence and tried to burn it down on the night of June 15. Security guards and firefighters managed to control arson attempts and save the house.
