Manipur's Meiteis Demand Citizens' Register Exercise To Catch Illegal Immigrants
NDTV
The protest comes amid simmering tension in Manipur, where thousands of people from the Meitei and the tribal Kuki communities have been internally displaced after violence broke out
The Meitei community of Manipur gathered in large numbers at Delhi's Jantar Mantar today to demand the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), an exercise to identify illegal immigrants and deport them.
The protest comes amid simmering tension in Manipur, where thousands of people from the Meitei and the tribal Kuki communities have been internally displaced after violence broke out earlier this month over the Meiteis' demand to be included in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category.
The protesters said thousands of Meiteis who have been living in Kuki-majority hills have left their homes and they are unable to return, allegedly due to threats from Kuki insurgents who are hiding in the hills.
The NRC was last done in Assam, where thousands of people alleged they have been misidentified as foreigners. They had to go to the foreigners' tribunals and the courts for relief.
