Guwahati, June 20: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram has stated that the ethnic conflict raging in Manipur over more than a year has become a “law and order situation” that is being dealt with by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

A fresh conflict in Manipur’s Jiribam district has started since June 6, which has forced the people to take shelter in Assam.

“The problem is Law and Order situation is a state subject. This is being handled by the Home Ministry, in coordination with the State government and the Governor there,” Jual Oram said.

This is the first time a Union Tribal Affairs Minister has spoken on the conflict between the valley-based Meitei people and the hills-based Scheduled Tribe Kuki-Zo, in which over 220 people have been killed, thousands injured, and thousands internally displaced in the northeastern State.

The ethnic conflict in Manipur recently flared up after a spate of violence escalated tension in Jiribam, a district known to have maintained relative peace throughout last year. The discovery of a body of a Meitei farmer by locals has led to recent flare-up with cases of arson and an abduction reported in the district. Following which more than 1,000 people belonging to Meitei, Kuki-Zo and Hmar communities have been from villages in the area.

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