Biren briefs Amit Shah on evolving situation in Manipur; Internet suspended for another five days

The Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh, has briefed the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, about the evolving violent situation on the ground in Manipur today at the latter's residence, New Delhi.

"Called on Hon'ble Union Home Minister, Shri @AmitShah Ji in New Delhi today and briefed about the evolving situation on the ground in Manipur," N. Biren Singh said in a tweet.

Called on Hon’ble Union Home Minister, Shri @AmitShah Ji in New Delhi today and briefed about the evolving situation on the ground in Manipur. Under Amit Shah Ji’s close supervision, the State and Central Govt have been able to control the violence to a great extent in the past… pic.twitter.com/Rz4qToLDni

— N. Biren Singh (@NBirenSingh) June 25, 2023

The Chief Minister said that under Amit Shah's close supervision, the State and Central government have been able to control the violence to a great extent in the past week and there has been no report of casualty due to the violence since the 13th of June.

Biren also said, "The Union Home Minister has assured that the centre government will take all possible steps to bring normalcy in Manipur."

Amit Shah advised the visiting team to strengthen their works towards achieving everlasting peace and also sought the cooperation of every stakeholders in Manipur to ensure that peace prevails in the State.

The Chief Minister of Manipur was joined by BJP National Spokesperson, Sambit Patra; Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha, Leishemba Sanajaoba and Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly, Th Satyabrata Singh.

Meanwhile, the Government of Manipur has suspended internet services throughout Manipur for another five days until 30th of June, 2023.

The order was issued to prevent any disturbances of peace and public order in the jurisdiction of the State of Manipur and it shall be in force for another 5(five) days with immediate effect from the time the suspension order becomes operational till 3:00 P.M. of 30-06-2023.

"There is apprehension that some anti-social elements might use social media extensively for transmission of images, hate speech and hate video messages inciting the passions of the public which might have serious repercussions for the law and order situation in the State of Manipur," the Order stated.

It also stated that there is an imminent danger of loss of life and or damage to public/private property, and wide spread disturbances to public tranquility and communal harmony, as a result of inflammatory material and false rumours, which might be transmitted/circulated to the public through social media/ messaging services on mobile services, SMS services and dongle services.

To maintain public order, the Government has ordered further suspension/curbing of mobile data services, internet/data services including broadband viz. Reliance Jio Fiber, Airtel Xtreme Black, BSNL FTTH,VPN etc. and internet/data services through VSATS of Bharatnet Phase-II in the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Manipur except those who have already been specifically exempted by the Government and may be exempted subsequently and Internet Lease Line (ILL) on a case to basis as permitted by competent authority.