Christian groups protest in solidarity with Manipuris in Bengaluru, demand President’s intervention
Bengaluru, 30 May 2023: Over 300 people gathered at the Freedom Park from 11am to 1 pm here on Tuesday in solidarity with the Manipuri citizens who were facing violence that resulted in scores of deaths and the displacement of people in Churachandpur and Imphal, in particular, which included many from the Christian community.
Alarmingly, what began as protests against an order by the High Court of Manipur, on March 27, seeking the inclusion of the Meitei community into the State’s Scheduled Tribe list, has taken a grotesque turn. Members of the Indian Christian Unity Forum were joined by other concerned secular citizens to demand an immediate solution to the current crisis.
“The Situation and lives of Manipuri people, especially by the Christian community, have been targeted for the past few months, and it is a total violation of human rights where hundred churches are burnt, thousands of Christian families lost their dwellings, and many were killed,” said Vikram Anthony, President of the Forum.
“Unfortunately, the State and Central Home Ministries have turned a blind eye and let the situation spiral out of control. We request the President of India to intervene immediately and dismiss the present government and impose the President’s Rule in the State,” said I Stannis Raja, General Secretary of the Forum.
Those who gathered raised slogans and held placards, demanding the intervention of the President to bring back normalcy in Manipur and to protect the lives of the minorities and tribals in the North Eastern State.
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FIR against Thane man for threatening Dy CM Shinde
Thane (PTI): Thane police have registered an FIR against a 26-year-old man for allegedly threatening to harm Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, an official said on Monday.
Search was on for the accused, identified as Hitesh Dhende, a resident of Varli Pada in Thane city, Sri Nagar police station's senior inspector Gulzarilal Fadtare told PTI.
The accused, in a social media post, used derogatory words against the deputy CM and threatened to kill him, the police said without elaborating.
Based on the complaint by an activist of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the police on Sunday registered the case against the man under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 133 (assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 351(1) (criminal intimidation) and 356 (2) (defamation), the official said.
A probe was on into the case.
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