Manipur tension presents anxious moments for students taking shelter in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram: The escalating Manipur tension is bringing anxious moments for students who took shelter in Kerala for their studies.

As tension again escalated in Manipur, the 140 odd Manipuri students from the Kuki community in Kerala are worried as families of many of them were forced to leave their houses, while some even lost their houses. 

"Fortunately, we did not come across any casualties to the families of any of the students here. But we are having little peace of mind thinking over the plight of our family members," Kuki student organisation-Kerala general secretary Goulungmon Haokip told DH.

Haokip, who came down to Kerala last year and is pursuing LLB at Manjeshwar campus of Kannur university, said that there were even social media posts by unknown people, believed to be from Meitei community, are targeting the students from Kuki community in Kerala.

Accusing chief minister N Biren Singh of the present crisis, Haokip said that a thorough investigation into the 'Manipur tapes' would expose the truth.

Students from Manipur reached Kerala last September to resume their studies that were affected due to the tension in Manipur.

Various universities in Kerala welcomed the students after CPI leader Annie Raja took up their plight with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The university authorities, students and teachers extended support to the violence-hit students.