'There is clear religious part to Manipur strife': UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron

The Manipur sectarian issue was raised in the UK parliament while discussing the status of religious freedom in India. Responding to a question from the Lord Bishop of Winchester, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron acknowledged the religious part of the Manipur strife while addressing the members of the House of Lords.

It is right to say that we should not downplay the religious aspects of some of this strife. Yes, sometimes it is communal, tribal or ethnic, but in many cases, there is a clear religious part of it,” he told the House of Lords on Wedneday.

"... There have been occasions where it has been something we have raised with the Indian government. That should continue.”

He referred to a report by David Campanale which highlighted the destruction of churches among both valley dwellers and hill tribes in Manipur.