Meitei, Kuki Police Recruits To Serve Together As A Team: Manipur CM Biren Singh
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N Biren Singh said that it is necessary to work together to bring peace to the state.
Manipur CM N Biren Singh told the police recruits that once they wear the uniform, they become Indian soldiers and do not belong to any community or caste. (IMAGE: PTI)
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday said the newly recruited police cadets, including those from Meitei and Kuki communities, will be posted together as a “team” in an attempt to bring back peace in the ethnic violence-hit northeastern state.
Nearly 2,000 recruits of the Manipur Police passed out from the Lachit Borphukan Police Academy here on Monday, strengthening the force in the state.
Assam and Manipur Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and Singh attended the ceremony as the chief guests.
“The community-wise division took place due to the present situation. It was not like this earlier, and I will not allow this to happen in future,” the CM told reporters after the ceremony.
The newly trained personnel will have to do everything together in the manner in which they trained here, he asserted.
“We have to start working together to bring peace to the state. Their postings will be together. We will not break the team. We will try to restore the unity of earlier Manipur,” Singh said.
Out of the 1,946 passed-out recruits of Manipur Police from the Lachit Borphukan Police Academy here, the caste distribution of them is diverse with 62 per cent being Meiteis, 12 per cent Kukis and the remaining 26 per cent belonging to the Naga and other tribes.
Asked about the ongoing law and order situation in Manipur, Singh said it is complicated and will take time to normalise.
“We all have seen that peace is returning to the state,” he said.
On the recent arrests of Bangladesh nationals entering India illegally in Manipur, the CM said it is not his state’s issue alone.
“Bangladeshis illegally entering India are being arrested in Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Arunachal. We all have to tackle it together as it is our region’s issue,” Singh said.
Earlier, while speaking at the Passing Out Parade, Singh thanked his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma for imparting basic training to the huge police contingent during the state’s difficult times.
“I expressed gratitude to the chief minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma and the Government of Assam for making all the required arrangements for imparting basic training to the huge contingent of Manipur Police during the difficult time the state had been facing, and for providing the space for training the new recruits,” Singh said.
He also asked the personnel to share their experiences with family members on how they stayed and acquired training together, regardless of the communities they belong to and urged them to become the beacons in the process of restoring peace and tranquility in Manipur.
The chief minister told them that once they wear the uniform, they become Indian soldiers and do not belong to any community or caste, and that they should commit to the nation.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
