World Boxing Champion Mary Kom urges PM Narendra Modi to intervene and resolve Manipur Crisis

New Delhi, Dec 22, 2016: Recently Manipur is undergoing an economic blockade which prompted the five-time world champion boxer and Rajya Sabha MP M C Mary Kom to urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and resolve the crisis.

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The blockade is in response to the state government's decision to form seven new districts. It is imposed by United Naga Council. The UNC claims the districts in the Naga-dominated hill areas will affect land holdings of Naga tribes settled in these areas, mentioned PTI.

Apart from the violence that has become the order of the day after the blockade, this has also disrupted the normal life in Manipur with the scarcity of essential goods being a major concern. The blockade has surpassed 50 days.

In a letter to PM Modi, Mary Kom, an Olympic bronze-medallist, urged him to try and resolve the issue at the earliest. "It is to bring to your notice that the state of Manipur is going through the toughest of time with unrest situation."

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Her letter to PM Narendra Modi bore deep concern regarding the seriousness of the matter. She wrote, "The whole section of communities, both in hills and valley, residing in Manipur are suffering due to the economic blockade and counter-blockade and have now turned into ugly consequences of greater destruction and if not intervened in time, there are possibilities of untoward happenings and the people are so insecure."

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She also said "irrespective of the causes and reasons, I strongly recommend and request you to consider this prevailing situation in Manipur a serious matter and kindly intervene at the earliest for peaceful solution and the state be brought back to normalcy. This act will remain a great achievement and the people will remain in owe towards your kind intervention."

– prepared by Saptaparni Goon of NewsGram. Twitter: @saptaparni_goon