The leader of the Meiteri FAMBEI body, Ningthouja Lancha criticised the Central government's failure to recognise Manipur's political issues and framing them as mere law and order problems.
Illegal migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, illegal villages, poppy cultivation and terrorism pose a direct threat to the demography and resources of Manipur
In an impassioned appeal to the people of the Northeast state, he said all tribes have to live together, adding that he will not allow Manipur to be splintered on ethnic lines.
Kuki leaders Wilson L Hangshing and Mary Grace Zou are booked under sections 153A, 200, 505(1), and 120B of the IPC for comments in an interview on The Wire