Manipur girl sits in hunger strike in Delhi for restoration of peace in state

New Delhi/Imphal: To draw the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the early restoration of peace and harmony in the strife-torn state of Manipur, a girl from Manipur sat on a hunger strike in Delhi on Thursday.

Malem Thongam, a 23-year-old girl student studying in a Delhi educational institute launched the hunger strike alone at the gate of the Arts Faculty of Delhi University on Thursday.

The strike is being organised by the Lamyanba Irawat Memorial Integrated Trust, (LIMIT) in conjunction with the Delhi Meitei Coordinating Committee and the Manipuris residing in the national capital.

The hunger would be continued until the government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Modi finds out an amicable settlement in the ongoing Manipur crisis, Malem Thongam told the newsmen while staging the strike.

The ethnic violence between the Meiteis and Kukis entered around ten months but so far no positive measures have been taken up, she said, adding that over 200 persons of both communities lost their lives and over 61, 000 individuals were displaced.