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Imphal: Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) insisted that the upcoming Manipur legislative Assembly session should take a unanimous decision on implementation of National Register of Citizen (NRC) in the state.
The budget session of the Manipur Legislative Assembly which will have five sittings is scheduled to commence from February 28.
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COCOMI further demanded the session to discuss the “violation of the ground rules” of Suspension of Operation (SoO) by the Kuki based militant groups and take a concrete decision to abrogate the truce.
The resolutions to be passed by the Assembly should be forwarded to the Centre for early implementation, said COCOMI coordinator Thokchom Somorendro, while addressing a press conference at its office in Imphal today.
While demanding full-fledged implementation of the NRC in the state, he said that the Centre had already announced the introduction of NRC in the state.
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However, the same is yet to be implemented on the ground till date, he added.
Regarding the demand for abrogation of the Suspension of Operation truce with the Kuki based militant groups, Somorendro alleged that rampant violation of the ground rules of the SoO truce was one of the main factors behind the ongoing turmoil in the state.
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