{"id":195156,"date":"2026-02-18T09:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=195156"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:52:53","slug":"reports-cite-bjps-state-sponsored-terrorism-as-factor-behind-kukis-plight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/02\/18\/reports-cite-bjps-state-sponsored-terrorism-as-factor-behind-kukis-plight.html","title":{"rendered":"Reports cite BJP&#8217;s state-sponsored terrorism as factor behind Kukis\u2019 plight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195168\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/14-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/14-1.jpg 334w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/14-1-179x220.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Imphal : The key to understanding the Kuki community&#8217;s plight in Manipur is the BJP&#8217;s state-sponsored terrorism, according to the international media reports.<\/p>\n<p>According o Kashmir Media Service, conflict between the Hindu Meitei community and Christian Kuki community killed several hundred people, destroyed thousands of homes.<\/p>\n<p>The dire living conditions in Manipur, where tight security arrangements have made reconciliation impossible, serving as a warning to the rest of India. The Indian court&#8217;s decision to grant Meiteis preferential access to government jobs and tribal land, while keeping Kukis deprived, has exacerbated tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Around 50,000 people, mainly Kuki Christians, live in refugee camps, struggling to survive on government stipends of INR 84 ($0.90) a day. A refugee expressed his inability to imagine living among Meiteis again, given the bloodshed he witnessed.<\/p>\n<p>Kukis demand an autonomous territory, fiercely opposed by Meiteis and many in Delhi. The People&#8217;s Union for Civil Liberties, a civil-society group, claims the conflict was aggravated by &#8220;state failures.&#8221; Kukis accuse the state&#8217;s chief minister, a BJP man and a Meitei, of stoking resentment against them.<\/p>\n<p>The international media reports also highlight racial discrimination faced by Kukis, labelled as illegal immigrants from Myanmar. The BJP&#8217;s hesitant attempts at restoring normality have reinforced locals&#8217; belief that authorities in Delhi care little about their problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal : The key to understanding the Kuki community&#8217;s plight in Manipur is the BJP&#8217;s state-sponsored terrorism, according to the international media reports. According o Kashmir Media Service, conflict between the Hindu Meitei community and Christian Kuki community killed several hundred people, destroyed thousands of homes. The dire living conditions in Manipur, where tight security &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/14-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195156","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195169,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195156\/revisions\/195169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}