Manipur Groups In Assam Hold Massive Peace Rally, Write To PM

The All Assam Manipuri Youths' Association, which organised the rally in Assam's Cachar, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested to carry out the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Manipur

Hundreds of members of the Assam branches of four Manipur-linked civil society groups took out a massive rally, asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to protect the territorial integrity of Manipur following ethnic violence between the Meiteis and the Kukis.

The All Assam Manipuri Youths' Association, which organised the rally in Assam's Cachar, in a letter to PM Modi requested to carry out the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Manipur, where illegal immigrants from Myanmar have allegedly entered in large numbers and settled in the hills.

"The complicated nature of the Manipur violence should be investigated properly and the perpetrators should be brought to justice to bring immediate peace in Manipur," the Silchar-headquartered association, formed in 1964, said in the letter to PM Modi.

The protesters said the government should end the "suspension of operations", or SoO, agreements signed with insurgent groups that allegedly participated in the Manipur violence.