Incidents of violence declining in Manipur: PM Modi

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"Stop adding fuel to the Manipur issue." After often being questioned about his "silence" over Manipur violence, here's how PM Modi took up the issue in Rajya Sabha…

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00:00In Manipur, the number of incidents of violence is decreasing.

00:06In most parts of Manipur,

00:10schools, colleges, offices and other institutions are running like normal days.

00:19Whatever elements are trying to burn Manipur,

00:25I urge them to stop this.

00:31One day, Manipur will reject such people.

00:55To normalize Manipur's situation, the government is continuously trying to do so.

01:23More than 11,000 FIRs have been filed against Manipur.

01:32Manipur is a small state.

01:34More than 11,000 FIRs have been filed against Manipur.

01:37More than 500 people have been arrested.

01:42We have to accept that the number of incidents of violence is decreasing in Manipur.

01:57This means that it is possible to hope for peace.

02:09In most parts of Manipur,

02:14schools, colleges, offices and other institutions are running like normal days.

02:25In Manipur, schools, colleges, offices and other institutions are running like normal days.

02:38The government is continuously trying to find a peaceful solution.

02:53This has never happened before.

02:55The Home Minister has been in Manipur for a long time.

03:00But all the senior officials of the government,

03:03who are involved in these issues,

03:05are physically going there.

03:08Now, there is a flood in Manipur.

03:12The central government is cooperating with the state government.

03:22All of us, who are above politics,

03:27should help the state government to make things normal.

03:32This is our duty.

03:34All the people who are trying to put Manipur under fire,

03:40I urge them to stop this.

03:45One day, Manipur will reject them.

03:51People of Congress should not forget that

03:54in Manipur,

03:56because of these reasons,

03:58the President has been forced to run for 10 times.

04:02In such a small state,

04:04the President has been forced to run for 10 times.

04:09There must be some problems.

04:11This has not happened in our country.

04:14But still,

04:16to take advantage of politics,

04:18the kind of things that are happening there,

04:21I would like to tell the people of the country,

04:24in 1993,

04:26similar incidents were going on in Manipur.

04:31And it was going on so fast.

04:34It was so widespread.

04:36It was going on for 5 years in a row.

04:40Understanding all this history,

04:45we have to try to improve the situation.

04:52We want to cooperate with everyone.

04:57But we are trying our best to keep the situation normal.

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