Manipur needed this much security: Mamata-TMC over police deployment in Delhi for anti-SIR stir

TMC leader Kunal Ghosh expressed concerns over the extensive police deployment in Delhi for anti-SIR protests, questioning why a similar number of forces were not sent to Manipur, which has been plagued by ethnic violence for over three years. The Manipur conflict between Meitei and Kuki communities, which started in May 2023, has resulted in at least 306 deaths and numerous missing persons.

Ghosh criticized the government's inability to address the youth's concerns and suggested that deploying security personnel to Manipur could have resolved the issue there. The protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have entered their seventh day, with opposition parties accusing the Election Commission of deleting voters' names and the BJP alleging a political motive behind the protests.