{"id":443478,"date":"2024-04-19T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/04\/19\/on-video-deafening-sounds-of-gunfire-exchange-near-manipur-polling-booth\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T06:18:00","slug":"on-video-deafening-sounds-of-gunfire-exchange-near-manipur-polling-booth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/04\/19\/on-video-deafening-sounds-of-gunfire-exchange-near-manipur-polling-booth\/","title":{"rendered":"On Video, Deafening Sounds Of Gunfire Exchange Near Manipur Polling Booth"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ad_1]
\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n
\"On<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n

Gunshots were fired near a polling booth in Manipur this morning. A 25-second video circulating online shows commotion and people shouting before two shots are heard in quick succession.<\/p>\n

A third shot is then heard, presumably in response to the first two. After this a volley of gunshots – possibly from an automatic weapon – is heard and the person filming the video ducks for cover behind a doorway. The rapid exchange of gunfire continues for 10 seconds before it stops.<\/p>\n

It is unclear in which of Manipur’s two seats – Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur – the shots were fired. The Inner seat was won by the BJP’s Thounaojam Basanta Kumar Singh in the 2019 election.<\/p>\n

Basanta Kumar Singh has been fielded from this seat once again.<\/p>\n

The Outer seat, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates, was won by Naga People’s Front leader Kachui Timothy Zimik, who has been fielded again. The NPF is a BJP ally in this election.<\/p>\n

\n

#ElectionsWithNDTV<\/a> | On #Video<\/a>, Deafening Sounds Of Gunfire Exchange Near #Manipur<\/a> Polling Booth. <\/p>\n

Read here: https:\/\/t.co\/TuGMn3us3M<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/zSJXXuEmYM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NDTV (@ndtv) April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The north-eastern state has been dealing with intermittent violence since May last year, when clashes between two ethnic communities left over 200 dead and tens of thousands displaced.<\/p>\n

As a result, tight security arrangements have been put in place for the first of the two-phased elections in the state; 15 of Outer Manipur’s 28 Assembly segments will vote on April 26.<\/p>\n

To accommodate displaced voters, the Election Commission has set up special polling booths – 22 in Churachandpur district and 24 in Kangpokpi, officials have said.<\/p>\n

Speaking to NDTV after voting, Chief Minister N Biren Singh, said, “I am fully confident both Manipur seats will definitely elect a BJP government at the centre. Yes, Manipur is facing a troubled time but, in the last four-five months peace was restored and that is why we are holding an election.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n