Guwahati: Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi said the ongoing conflict in Manipur has become a battle of narratives and warned against false narratives such as the alleged deployment of ‘bomb-drones’ or the infiltration of 900 anti-national individuals into the state.
Speaking at the second edition of the Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2024, organised by the Indian Army and the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) in New Delhi, the Army chief said, “So as far as the Manipur problem is concerned, it all started in May 2023 with a rumour that there was an Anglo-Kuki war centenary gate, which was being burnt.It was not being burnt. I have gone on ground and confirmed it with everyone. That rumour-mongering led to major violence, which is still finding its kind of a stabilization phase which has not reached. So what has happened over a period of time, it has become a battle of narratives.”
He further said, “There was a narrative of drones dropping bombs. We went on the ground and checked. There was no drone bombing. There was another wrong narrative that said 900 anti-national elements had infiltrated. We checked. There was nothing like that. So if we control that, I think things will be alright.”
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