Manipur East-BJYM chief gave police protection after threats of death, but asked the governor to replace them with central forces

A few days later, he said that he was receiving death threats for a viral video, where he was the east-CM N of Manipur. Biren Singh, former State President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morch (BJYM), M.K. Barish was criticizing Sharma. On Wednesday (February 19, 2025.) The state police protection was granted, but a letter to the Governor requested the central forces on their safety expansion.

Governor Ajay Kumar was written to Bhalla, Mr. Sharma said that six-man protection details were all-MTE and “previous examples in Manipur, where police security has failed”, he continued to fear for his life and “Neutral, requested,” well trained “central security forces on their protection expansion.

Talk to HinduHe said, “I do not trust the state police and what the former minister can do.”

He said in a letter to the governor, “It has been observed that, in many cases, when the mob is attacked, even the state police personnel – due to community affiliation – either remain inactive or to control violence Unable in. “

He cited attacks on ministers, MLAs and even the Chief Minister’s Imphal houses in November 2024 despite police security after public resentment on the killings of citizens including women and children in Ziribam district.

Mr. Sharma said that on 17 February, “A group of men and women of Kumbi” at their home “without any prior excitement or reason”, “with a clear intentions to set fire to my house and set fire to fire “Showed. This was the time when a crowd of people, including members of Meera Paibi groups, that Mr. Sharma had criticized some about Mr. Singh.

He had said that he was “among the earlier village volunteers”, who were “used and thrown” by Mr. Singh, he said that he launched “war” on his orders.

‘Getting death threats’

A video of these comments soon went viral on social media and chat groups, after which Mr. Sharma told. Hindu That he was threatening death on the contents of the viral video. “These are not cookie people, they are Metei,” they said at that time.

In a letter to Governor Bhalla, he said that some threats came from those who claimed to be a member of the Kangalipak Communist Party (KCP), which was a dress dressed under the illegal activities (prevention) Act, 1967.

He said that the callers “threatened my family and threatened my family to harm my family, including my innocent children,” he also provided three phone numbers that threatened them.