BJP Leaders and Properties Targeted in Manipur Violence

Attacks on the residences of BJP leaders and party offices in Manipur have continued, with two more people injured in clashes between security forces and miscreants in Imphal. The attacks came a day after an irate mob set fire to the Imphal residence of Union minister of state for external affairs RK Ranjan Singh, the second time it was attacked in less than a month. Since the beginning of May, Manipur has been in the throes of ethnic clashes, triggered by an order by the Manipur high court that had recommended to the government that the Meiteis, the dominant community in Manipur with 53% of the population, be included in the scheduled tribe list.