TIM submits memorandum to Union Home Minister, others
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 11 2025: The Thadou Inpi Manipur (TIM) has submitted a follow-up memorandum to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Chairperson of the Supreme Court-Appointed Committee Justice (retd) Gita Mittal and Chief Secretary Dr Puneet Kumar Goel, urging recognition of third category of displaced Thadou persons living outside Manipur and relief camps.

TIM, in a press note, stated that the memorandum renews its call for recognition of a third category of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) for unregistered and unassisted Thadou families who were forcibly displaced by the May 2023 ethnic violence and are now living outside Manipur and outside Government relief camps.

No action has been taken to address the continuing plight of these families, it said and added that recognition of the third category of IDPs is essential to uphold justice, inclusion, and humanitarian values.

Saying that these displaced families remain excluded from all State and Central relief and rehabilitation schemes, it added that the assumption that displaced people living outside Manipur are financially secure is entirely incorrect.

In reality, most families live in rented accommodations, struggling with unemployment, trauma, and poverty, and their displacement was a matter of survival, not choice or privilege, TIM said.

In the memorandum, TIM requested that the Government of Manipur, in coordination with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, recognize the third category of IDPs and establish a verification mechanism to issue Displacement Certificates.

TIM also urged that these verified IDPs be included in all relief, rehabilitation, compensation, and resettlement frameworks and that the Justice (Retd) Gita Mittal Committee undertake a special review to ensure official documentation and recommendation for urgent relief.

TIM further emphasized that the two-year survival of these families without institutional aid should be recognized as endurance and not mistaken for financial security.

Reaffirming its neutrality, peace-seeking, and Constitutional position, TIM appealed to the authorities to ensure that no genuine victim of the Manipur violence is left behind due to bureaucratic oversight.

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