The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) on Tuesday along with other valley based CSOs met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and disclosed that the home minister had assured to protect the territorial integrity of Manipur.
“He assured that not an inch of Manipur’s territorial integrity would be compromised,” the committee added.
Shah also discarded the "separate administration" demand of the 10 Kuki MLAs and had advised the people to maintain peace in the state.
Speaking to mediapersons at COCOMI office, Imphal, COCOMI media coordinator Somendro Thokchom highlighted that the home minister did not entertain the idea of removing certain Central forces, specifically the Assam Rifles and had appealed to people to bestow trust in them.
“The Union home minister appealed to all sections of people to trust in the central forces and the Assam Rifles as they played a vital part in the peace restoration process and aided in securing various sensitive areas in the state,” he said.
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He further pointed out that Amit Shah did not provide a definite answer in connection with the suspension of SoO with Kuki militants. Although this has been one of the hot pursuits of the people, the home minister did not provide any clear-cut reply, he added.
Somendro further pointed out that the home minister laid out a series of vague answers in connection with tackling the issue of illegal immigrants from Myanmar.
“Amit Shah highlighted that around three months back instructions had been implemented to identify illegal Myanmarese in three states - Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram; we cannot verify how true his statements are but he also hinted at the commencing NRC updation in Manipur very soon,” he added.
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Meanwhile, COCOMI convenor Jeetendra Ningomba highlighted that a two-part memorandum had been submitted to the home minister and further highlighted the points included in it.
They are - outlining that the May 3 incident in Churachandpur was an outburst of Chin-Kuki narco-terrorism, noting the national threat due to resurgence of new golden triangle and narco-terrorist, involvement of Assam Rifles Chin Kuki narco-terrorist among others.
He further highlighted that the memorandum also included five requests to the centre which included - taking appropriate measures for protection of territorial and administrative integrity of Manipur, abrogation of SoO with Kuki militants under the umbrella of UPF and KNO, immediate and effective counter terrorist action to uproot SoO and non-SoO narco-terrorist aggressor to restore peace and normalcy in Manipur, immediate replacement of Assam Rifles deployed along Indo-Myanmar border with other security forces while following a roster deployment every six months and immediate compensation and rehabilitation for all Kuki and Meitei victims.
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