West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed considerations over the present state of affairs in violence-hit Manipur and alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party authorities just isn’t offering a transparent image of the dying toll within the northeastern state the place “shoot-at-sight” orders are in pressure.

Banerjee additionally opened up on the controversy over ‘The Kerala Story’ movie alleging that it has been made with distorted data, to defame Kerala and the individuals of the southern state.

“What is ‘The Kashmir files’? It is to humiliate one section. What is ‘The Kerala story’?… It is a distorted story… They are also planning to make Bengal Files to defame the state,” Banerjee mentioned at a press briefing on the state secretariat.

“I do not support CPM people. They are working with the BJP. They needed to be criticised first. I am telling the Kerala government, it is unfortunate. Your party is working with the BJP. And the BJP is showing Kerala Files (The Kerala Story). All are distorted information,” she added.

Urging the individuals of election-bound Karnataka to vote for stability and growth, the Bengal CM mentioned, “My only appeal to brothers and sisters in Karnataka is that please vote for stability and development. I appeal that please don’t vote for the BJP. They are dangerous.”

She additionally lashed out on the BJP authorities within the Centre for not sending a single consultant to Manipur to evaluation the state of affairs.

“I am quite tense with the situation in Manipur. We are not getting a clear picture of the number of deaths in shoot-at-sight (order) as the state government is not giving any information,” she mentioned.

Manipur violence is a man-made drawback, Banerjee claimed.

Violent clashes broke out in Manipur after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised within the 10 hill districts on May 3 to protest in opposition to the Meitei neighborhood’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing, resulting in the deaths of not less than 54 individuals.

Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s inhabitants and reside principally within the Imphal valley. Tribals – Nagas and Kukis — represent one other 40 per cent of the inhabitants and reside within the hill districts.