10 Kuki-Zo MLAs, Meitei Civil Society Group Write To Election Commission On Voting By Displaced People
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The 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs, who were the first to demand a separate administration from Manipur after ethnic violence with the valley-majority Meiteis broke out on May 3, 2023, requested the Election Commission (EC) to look into three key points
Ten Kuki-Zo MLAs in violence-hit Manipur have written to the Election Commission requesting arrangements to ensure displaced members of their tribes who have taken shelter across the country can cast their votes in the Lok Sabha election for Manipur. A Meitei civil society group has also written to the Election Commission asking for extending the postal ballot facility to voters from Manipur living outside the state.
The 10 MLAs, who were the first to demand a separate administration from Manipur after ethnic violence with the valley-majority Meiteis broke out on May 3, 2023, requested the Election Commission (EC) to look into three key points - the states and Union Territories should identify displaced Kuki-Zo tribes; special polling stations should be set up for internally displaced Kuki-Zo-Hmar tribes from Manipur, and eligible voters from the displaced tribes should be allowed to vote using Aadhaar or other documents.
"... Many of them would have lost their voter identity cards," the MLAs said in the letter.
