"Though They Dealt Tribal Miscreants With Hard Hand...": 10 Kuki MLAs Ask PM Not To Remove Assam Rifles
NDTV
"The Assam Rifles has the majority of their troops from the northeastern states and they have been guarding Manipur for very long, hence, they are aware of the local dynamics," the Kuki MLAs said
Ten Kuki MLAs have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to remove the Assam Rifles (AR) from Manipur.
Recently, the Manipur unit of the BJP had asked PM Modi to replace Assam Rifles "by any other paramilitary forces permanently" from the state in the interest of the public and also sought his intervention to bring an amicable solution to the ongoing ethnic unrest at the earliest.
The BJP state unit in a memorandum to PM Modi said, "The role of Assam Rifles in regard to the ethnic unrest and in maintaining peace and tranquillity in the state has been under considerable criticism and public outrage."
