India report : Risk of protests including by Manipur groups during India's Independence Day celebrations

Listen to the latest SBS Hindi news from India. 14/08/2023

FILE- Members of Meira Paibis, powerful vigilante group of Hindu majority Meitei women, block traffic as they check vehicles for the presence of members from rival Christian tribal Kuki community, in Imphal, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, June 19, 2023. Source: AP / Altaf Qadri/AP/AAP Image

• Possible demonstrations planned by Manipur civil rights groups for tomorrow during the Indian Independence Day celebrations
• Manipur (northeast India) violence issue remains a contentious topic of discussion between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition parties.
• Several First Information Reports (FIRs) lodged against the general secretary of the opposition Congress party, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and former chief minister Kamal Nath in the central state of Madhya Pradesh
• A red alert has been issued due to heavy rainfall expected in the northern Indian hill states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand

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