Manipur Govt considers launching identity card system: CM Singh
First Published: 1st August, 2022 12:55 IST
The government will decide if the state should seek measures such as the NRC from the central government.
The Government of Manipur is actively considering launching a State-owned Identity Card System to identify illegal immigrants in the state. The ID card system will also be a testing ground on which
The government will decide if the state should seek measures such as the NRC from the central government.
Chief Minister Biren Singh while speaking to Northeast Live informed that people in the state have witnessed a sudden population jump in certain areas and have demanded the implementation of the NRC in Manipur.
CM Singh said without verification the government cannot say who is who in the state, and only after implementing the ID card system will the state government seek help from the center.
Chief Minister Biren Singh also added that indigenous people in the state are apprehensive about becoming minorities in their own state, which is why people are demanding NRC.
He also added that it is not in the hands of the state government to implement the NRC, he however added the state will come to an appropriate forum with the center to discuss the issue.
It needs to be mentioned here that recently the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) and the United Naga Council (UNC), in a joint statement demanded on implementing the NRC with a fixed cut-off year to identify illegal immigrants in the state and check the demographic imbalance and mushrooming of unrecognized villages.
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