Manipuris protest in Delhi to demand ILPS
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 27 2015:
Various groups from Manipur on Monday staged a protest in New Delhi demanding ILP system to safeguard indigenous communities of the State.
Shouting slogans demanding Inner Line Permit, the protesters urged the Central Government to frame a policy incorporating entry pass for outsiders and tourists.
The protesters, who marched from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar submitted memorandums addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee at their respective offices in the national capital.
"The indigenous population of Manipur is in danger because of outsiders.
Manipur has a population of 27 lakh and out of this, 9 lakh are non-Manipuris.
There is no proper policy to stop influx of people from Myanmar and Bangladesh into Manipur," said Seram Rojesh, former advisor to the Manipur Students Union of Delhi.
Rojesh said the the Manipur Government is not heeding to the public demand for implementation of ILP in Manipur and so they had been compelled to launch the protest in the national capital to seek help.
The demands of the protesters include fixation of 1951 as the base year to detect the non-Manipuris, establishment of a full-fledged Government department to regulate the entry of non-Manipuris and preventing outside companies and industrialists from acquiring individual or community owned land in Manipur.