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Kuki Council Opposes NRC Before Census
Deccan Herald··24 Aug
The Kuki-Zo Council rejected demands by Meitei and Naga groups to implement the National Register of Citizens in Manipur before the Census, calling it premature and unjustified. It said the NRC is a national exercise with no provision for a state or community to conduct one independently, and urged the Census, delayed since 2021, to proceed first.
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What It Means For You
- Residents of Manipur, especially in ethnically sensitive districts, are directly affected by how demographic policy is sequenced.
- The dispute shows how census timing decisions can carry weight in ongoing community tensions after the recent conflict.
- Citizens tracking Manipur's post-conflict recovery get a clearer sense of unresolved demographic and political disagreements.
What's Happening
- The Kuki-Zo Council rejected demands from Meitei and Naga groups for an NRC before the Census.
- It called the demand premature, saying the NRC is a national exercise with no provision for state-level initiation.
- The council welcomed the Census, delayed since 2021, as a way to establish verified demographic data.
How Manipur's Census Delay Fits Into the Dispute
- India's Census, last conducted in 2011, was postponed in 2021 due to the pandemic and remains pending nationally.
- Meitei groups called a 48-hour strike in Imphal valley districts demanding NRC before Census and delimitation.
- The Assam NRC updating exercise excluded around 19 lakh people and remains tied up in ongoing legal disputes.
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