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Tribal body writes to President on ‘The Manipur People Bill, 2018’
Nagaland Post | Imphal, Sep 12
A tribal body in Manipur has, on Wednesday, written a petition to the President of India asking him not to give his assent to ‘The Manipur People Bill, 2018’, recently passed by the Manipur Assembly.
The Manipur People Bill, 2018 passed by the state Assembly, on July 23 last, to fulfil the long pending demand for a mechanism similar to Inner Line Permit System to protect the indigenous people of the state by checking influx of migrants into the state. The bill submitted for assent of the state Governor has recently being furnished to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi for President’s assent.
Tribal Rights Vigil Manipur (TRVM), in a memorandum submitted today, requested President Ram Nath Kovind to withhold his assent to the bill, alleging that, “The bill is blatantly discriminatory against the tribal communities of Manipur.”
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