Manipur: COCOMI opposes delimitation before NRC implementation

Imphal, March 21: The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an umbrella body of several Meitei civil society groups, strongly opposed any delimitation exercise before the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

COCOMI spokesperson Khuraijam Athouba accused the Government of India of failing to address the root cause of the ongoing crisis in Manipur, allowing the situation to deteriorate.

He stated that without proper identification and removal of illegal immigrants, any delimitation process would be unjust and detrimental to Indigenous people.

On Monday, the Supreme Court granted the Central government three months to complete the delimitation exercise in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Manipur, following repeated delays in implementing the process.

COCOMI has been demanding that the Centre implement the NRC in Manipur to identify illegal immigrants from neighbouring Myanmar, whom it accuses of being largely responsible for the ongoing ethnic violence in the state.

The recent detection of 67,000 bogus voters in electoral rolls serves as clear evidence of demographic manipulation in the state, COCOMI claimed.

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