The Union Home Ministry on Saturday called an all-party meeting to discuss the security situation in Manipur even as the state police asserted that the situation was tense, but under control. Leaders of various political parties including BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Left, attended the meeting.
Nearly 120 people lost their lives and over 3,000 have been injured ever since the ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3.
Those who attended included BJP president J.P. Nadda, former Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh (Congress), Derek O'Brien (TMC), Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Singh (NPP), M. Thambi Durai (AIADMK), Tiruchi Siva (DMK), Pinaki Misra (BJD), Sanjay Singh (AAP), Manoj Jha (RJD) and Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiv Sena).
Union ministers Pralhad Joshi, Nityanand Rai and Ajay Kumar Mishra, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, and Director of Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka also attended the meeting.
The Manipur police said that the situation is normal in most of the districts even as some sporadic incidents have been reported in some districts.
Curfew has been relaxed for 12 to 15 hours in five valley districts, Pherzawl and Jiribam districts, eight to ten hours in Tengnoupal, Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts and no curfew in the remaining six Hill Districts, the police said in a statement.
It said security coordination committee meeting is held in every district regularly while patrolling, flag marches and cordon and search operations are also conducted in vulnerable areas.
Violent clashes broke out in Manipur after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts on May 3 to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Home Minister Amit Shah had visited the state for four days last month and met a cross sections of people in his efforts to bring back peace in the northeastern state.
With PTI inputs
