During such a timing of communal tension between the Meitei and Kuki communities, a small but significant gesture of reconciliation was witnessed as one Anthony Naukak, a Paite-Zomi man from Churachandpur district recently visited his Meitei mother-in-law on February 21 in Imphal.
The visit came as he travelled to the city to raise issues concerning internally displaced persons (IDPs) with the Manipur government. He visited Singjamei Chingamakha, just after his arrival in Imphal from Delhi.His wife Okram Jaya belongs to Meitei community from Singjamei.Before the outbreak of violence in 2023 last, the couple lived in Churachandpur but later moved to Delhi after the crisis.
Naulak said that he was happy to re-unite with his in-laws, relatives and friends after almost three years.Since the onset of the crisis,he has been working for the welfare of the IDPs, by meeting officials, including the Chief Secretary and district authorities, and filing public interest litigations in higher courts, he added.
“The main purpose for my visit is to raise the pressing issues of IDPs,” he said.
“Though my son-in-law belongs to another community,I consider him my own son. This crisis has kept us apart for a long time, which is painful,” the mother-in-law of the Paite man said.
Paite-Zomi Man Expresses Happiness To Meet In-Laws
