“Thousands Of Refugees Settled In Manipur Since 1960s”: Biren Singh
Imphal: Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday said that thousands of refugees settled in the state since 1960s with the knowledge of the authorities and those people were provided assistance for rehabilitation. Mr Singh, who resigned as the chief minister in February leading to imposition of President’s Rule in the restive state, also wondered what happened to those families and whether those people were added to the electoral roll. His comments, made in a lengthy post on X, came a day after BJP MLAs of Manipur sought a “review” of the 2001 Census and implementation of the NRC before carrying out delimitation exercise in the state. Biren Singh, when he was the CM, and the Centre accused illegal immigrants from Myanmar of largely being responsible for the ethnic violence in the state which left more than 250 people dead since May 2023. “Official records show that even before we became a full-fledged state, thousands of refugees were settled here with the knowledge of the authorities at the time. As early as the …
