Newmai News Network
Imphal | November 2
Ten like-minded opposition parties in Manipur on Thursday said that they will work together to explore a way to resolve the six-month long crisis in the state.
Addressing a press conference at Manipur Press Club in Imphal, CPI(M) Manipur state council secretary, Kshetrimayum Santa, who is the convener of the bloc, said that the BJP-led government in Manipur should stop its "double standard style" of working while dealing with the prevailing crisis in the state.
He said that as the "double-engine" government of the BJP is unable to resolve the crisis even after six months since the outbreak on May 3 last, the 10 political parties have decided to explore ways to resolve the crisis by joining hands with the civil society organisations.
“We will take the matter in our hands and start searching for ways to bring the parties in conflict to the negotiating table,” he said.
Representatives of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India(M), Indian National Congress (INC), Janata Dal United(JDU), Nationalist Congress Party(NCP), Revolutionary Socialist Party(RSP), and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) also took part in the press conference.
Santa said that it has been six months since the violence conflict broke out in the state. However, the state government and the Centre have failed to find a way to bring the parties in conflict to the negotiating table, he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah also apparently failed to come up with a concrete step to resolve the crisis even as the state is reeling under turmoil for the last six months.
He stressed the need for bringing the parties in conflict while asserting that every conflict in the history of the globe, even if it was war, was resolved through dialogue and negotiation.
However, it is unfortunate that the Prime Minister and the Union Home minister made no effort to bring the parties in conflict to the negotiating table, he also said.
Besides, there were no signs on the part of the state government taking up steps to convene a joint meeting with the civil society organisations, political parties to end the ongoing crisis.
Santa also suggested that the government, if it is keen to resolve the crisis, may appoint an interlocutor to start the dialogue as there are no other options other than bringing the parties in conflict to the negotiating table.
Representatives of other political parties also expressed concerns over the lack of initiative on the part of the government to end the crisis.
