The Manipur violence has been caused by a demand for scheduled tribe status by the Meitei community, which has led to a divide in the development taking place in the valley as opposed to the hills. Hill people say that they were also against Poppy Cultivation, but the government is targeting the hill tribes in the name of erasing poppy cultivation.

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