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Gorkha Janmukti Morcha eneral secretary claimed that despite the BJP leadership's promises to look into the issue, nothing had moved forward regarding their demand for a separate state in the last 15 years.

Unfor­tunately, the Hindu Right's blueprint for a UCC is essentially a Hindu code rammed down the throats of minorities to subserve the grander project of constructing a Hindu State

Kuki-Zo organisations had earlier met Union home minister Amit Shah. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has been holding talks with several Kuki organisations recently. Ten tribal MLA (seven of them belonging to the ruling BJP), have been demanding a separate administration (equivalent to a separate state) in Manipur and had discussion with the Central leaders.

Manipur CPI(M) State Secretary Kshetrimayum Santa said the sixth schedule must be implemented in the tribal hills of Manipur and the tribal land laws must be revised. Poppy cultivation must be legalised in the state, like in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, he said.

Ethnic conflict in Manipur, sparked by a court ruling on the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe list, must be addressed proactively.

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