'Proud Of Culture': Manipur CM Walks Among Students Kneeling Down Welcoming Him, Sparks Outrage
The image posted by Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh showed him walking as several students are seen kneeling down to him on both sides. "I am really proud to see the culture and custom of the Manipuris. What a discipline," the CM wrote.
An image posted by Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has triggered a controversy online over culture and dictatorship.
The image posted by Singh on Thursday showed him walking as several students are seen kneeling down to him on both sides.
N Biren Singh/ Facebook
"I am really proud to see the culture and custom of the Manipuris. What a discipline," the CM wrote.
I am really proud to see the culture and custom of the Manipuris ??? . What a discipline ????
Posted by N Biren Singh on Thursday, 25 February, 2021
According to reports, the photo was taken from an event in Imphal where ¡°all communities and tribes¡± of Manipur came ¡°together as one in the fight against drugs and poppy plantations in the State.
Manipur: 33 communities pledge to end poppy cultivation | Manipur News https://t.co/FdqNJTWvBu via @YouTube
¡ª N.Biren Singh (@NBirenSingh) February 26, 2021
However, the photo posted by the CM did not go down well with many.
In Manipur Chief Minister's program, the school children had to bow down on their knees to welcome the Chief Minister ?
¡ª Zakiya Khan ? (@ZakiyaKINC) February 26, 2021
Where is Ministry of Child Development?
Don¡¯t become ¡°SLAVE¡± of BJP. pic.twitter.com/mhft2riBOi
So sad & ashamed. Poor kids may not even be aware of who he is & what it means by bowing down to a democratically elected person. It is an act of slavery & in such situation people lose their own identity & self respect.@drsumitdubey @RunashreeSaikia @IycManipur @MahanandaNung pic.twitter.com/Zp0aHH9alc
¡ª Simte David (@SimteDavid15) February 26, 2021
¡°Mr CM if u want this type of custom and respect go to Thailand and become a king there not here,everything has its limit,u walked on the red carpet and the kids are on the dirty side, shame,¡± said one user.
Another user wrote: ¡°Do you really feel happy seeing those kids of the same Human beings like you, bowing down before you.? You may love and like this culture but God hates it. Let this culture stops immediately, it¡¯s stupid culture., Those innocent kids might have bow down before you because they couldn¡¯t refuse what their teachers told/ordered them to do so but in their mind who knows you might have been cursed with the worst. Everyone must bow down before only the living God, not before his/her same human fellow.I do respect you and your culture except this one Sir,. disgusting culture, stupid culture. No offense.¡±
Others, however, did not find anything wrong with the photo and defended it saying it is part of their culture.
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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