Saikul protests torching of Khamenlok’s villages, seeks PM’s intervention

Kuki leaders, Kuki Women Union of Saikul vehemently denounced the Khamenlok attack and said that the PM’s silence makes them feel like “abandoned children”

Thousands of people including villagers of Khamenlok area in Saikul Sub Division of Kangpokpi district in Manipur held a massive sit-in-protest today at Saikul to protest violence in Khamenlok and also questioned the long silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his immediate intervention.

The sit-in-protest was organized under the aegis of Kuki Women Union, Saikul block against the attack and burning down of ten villages of Khamenlok between June 12 and 14. The protestors held placards and the tricolor during their protest at Saikul playground.

Various prominent Kuki leaders and Kuki Women Union Saikul blocks spoke on the occasion vehemently denouncing the Khamenlok attack.

The Saikul protest also questioned the long silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his immediate intervention in bringing solutions to the problems of the Kukis. The protestors also conveyed to the Prime Minister their pain over his silence which is making them feel like “abandoned” children.

An internally displaced woman from Khamenlok area, who participated in the sit-in-protest said, “I came here to join the protest as I am one among many others from Khamenlok area whose houses and villages were mercilessly burnt down to ashes”.

Another young lady from Khamenlok area who also took part in the protest said that life is very important, “so we need to defend ourselves”. She also said, “there is the state Government and the Chief Minister but we have no Government anymore. We have no government from whom we can hope they will address our problems”.

She continued, “when the Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited us and sought fifteen days to address our problems, we had a ray of hope, but, nothing happened”. She urged the central government to do something for thousands of internally displaced persons, people whose villages and houses are burnt down to ashes.

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