Imphal: The People's Action for Protection of People of Manipur sent a demand to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. They want a full NRC and NRIC exercise in the state. They also want a formal audit of migration patterns from Burma. President Mayanglambam Bobby Meetei claims official government records regarding nationality and resettlement are unreliable.
A Ministry of Home Affairs document from June 4, 1973, tracks 500 families totaling 2,400 people who entered Manipur from Burma in 1967. The group pointed to conflicting data from a June 20, 1973, letter by the late Member of Parliament P. Paokai Haokip, which cited 1,500 refugee families. They want these numbers reconciled immediately.
The organization is eyeing deeper history. They want a review of 23 families in Senapati given repatriate status in the 1980s. They also demand an audit of migration linked to the 1988 uprising and the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. The government identified 2,480 Myanmar-origin immigrants across five hill districts during a 2023 exercise. PAPPM wants those findings secured and scrutinized.
The group wants a national security investigation into potential links between Myanmar-origin immigrants, Kuki militant organizations, and armed networks regarding the violence that sparked in May 2023. They stressed that any probe must remain "evidence-based and should distinguish between foreign nationals, refugees, Indian citizens, civilians and militant organizations, without attributing collective responsibility to any ethnic community." They argue that relying on 2005 electoral rolls for a special revision is not enough to solve the citizenship crisis.
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