{"id":171068,"date":"2025-03-17T13:43:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=171068"},"modified":"2025-03-17T13:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:43:15","slug":"presidents-rule-in-manipur-a-plea-to-use-force-against-own-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/03\/17\/presidents-rule-in-manipur-a-plea-to-use-force-against-own-citizens.html","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s rule in Manipur: A plea to use force against own citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171069\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/president-rule.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Islamabad: The imposition of President&#8217;s Rule in Manipur is essentially a call to use force against India&#8217;s own citizens, transforming the state into a militarized zone.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the Indian government&#8217;s failure to address ethnic conflicts and restore peace has abandoned Manipur, fueling violence instead of reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>Years of militarization, AFSPA enforcement, and BJP&#8217;s ultimatum to separatists have led to over 250 killings and 60,000 displacements since May 3, 2023, Internet blackouts and suppression of minorities, destruction of 360+ churches and 7,000 homes and systematic persecution of Christian Kukis.<\/p>\n<p>The National People&#8217;s Party withdrew support from the BJP-led Manipur government, citing law enforcement failure. Experts warn of India&#8217;s democratic decline, while global bodies urge intervention against religious persecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The imposition of President&#8217;s Rule in Manipur is essentially a call to use force against India&#8217;s own citizens, transforming the state into a militarized zone. According to Kashmir Media Service, the Indian government&#8217;s failure to address ethnic conflicts and restore peace has abandoned Manipur, fueling violence instead of reconciliation. Years of militarization, AFSPA enforcement, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":171069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/president-rule.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171070,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171068\/revisions\/171070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}