Manipur: Kuki MLAs urge Centre to provide you with precise figures on unlawful immigration from Myanmar

Express News Service

GUWAHATI: Given the continuing political turmoil in Myanmar and the Manipur authorities linking the ethnic violence within the state to unlawful migration, the state’s all 10 Kuki legislators on Thursday urged the Centre to provide you with the precise figures on the inflow of the refugees.

In a letter to Union dwelling minister Amit Shah, they mentioned the Kuki-Zo tribals felt drastically disheartened by the Centre’s statements in Parliament which “appears to tread the line of the Manipur government linking the ethnic cleansing” to the difficulty of unlawful immigration.

“Therefore, we urge the central government to come up with actual figures of illegal immigration and refugee influx due to the political turmoil in Myanmar,” the legislators, seven of them from ruling BJP, wrote within the letter.

They requested the Centre to expedite the political dialogue for “political and administrative recognition of the ethnic separation that has been forced upon us by the majority (Meitei) community-dominated government of Manipur, which, we feel, will bring lasting peace.”

They mentioned agreeing to Shah’s strategies, they’d proven the primary goodwill gesture “despite being victims of ethnic cleansing” by convincing fellow Kukis to elevate the financial blockade from National Highway 2. 

“However, essential medical and other supplies to hill areas in Churachandpur, Chandel and Tengnoupal districts continued to be blocked by the Meitei community and the state government had failed to give any efforts to ensure the essential supplies reach the hill areas mentioned above,” the Kuki lawmakers mentioned. 

They alleged the state authorities was hell-bent upon making an attempt to inject troops of the state commando unit into the India-Myanmar border city of Moreh “against the wishes of our people who hold them in great fear for their partisan credentials.”

They requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to intervene and cease the state authorities from making an attempt to forcibly station state police commandos in hill areas. 

They submitted that they could not be ready to stop their folks from imposing any blockades in future as they felt let down by them (Kuki legislators) as a result of absence of any reciprocal gesture from the Meiteis and the state authorities “that continues to attack our settlements”.

GUWAHATI: Given the continuing political turmoil in Myanmar and the Manipur authorities linking the ethnic violence within the state to unlawful migration, the state’s all 10 Kuki legislators on Thursday urged the Centre to provide you with the precise figures on the inflow of the refugees.

In a letter to Union dwelling minister Amit Shah, they mentioned the Kuki-Zo tribals felt drastically disheartened by the Centre’s statements in Parliament which “appears to tread the line of the Manipur government linking the ethnic cleansing” to the difficulty of unlawful immigration.

“Therefore, we urge the central government to come up with actual figures of illegal immigration and refugee influx due to the political turmoil in Myanmar,” the legislators, seven of them from ruling BJP, wrote within the letter.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

They requested the Centre to expedite the political dialogue for “political and administrative recognition of the ethnic separation that has been forced upon us by the majority (Meitei) community-dominated government of Manipur, which, we feel, will bring lasting peace.”

They mentioned agreeing to Shah’s strategies, they’d proven the primary goodwill gesture “despite being victims of ethnic cleansing” by convincing fellow Kukis to elevate the financial blockade from National Highway 2. 

“However, essential medical and other supplies to hill areas in Churachandpur, Chandel and Tengnoupal districts continued to be blocked by the Meitei community and the state government had failed to give any efforts to ensure the essential supplies reach the hill areas mentioned above,” the Kuki lawmakers mentioned. 

They alleged the state authorities was hell-bent upon making an attempt to inject troops of the state commando unit into the India-Myanmar border city of Moreh “against the wishes of our people who hold them in great fear for their partisan credentials.”

They requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to intervene and cease the state authorities from making an attempt to forcibly station state police commandos in hill areas. 

They submitted that they could not be ready to stop their folks from imposing any blockades in future as they felt let down by them (Kuki legislators) as a result of absence of any reciprocal gesture from the Meiteis and the state authorities “that continues to attack our settlements”.