If the National Register of Citizens [NRC] update does not precede the Census exercise, there is a high and real possibility that the demographic balance of Manipur will be altered irreversibly, cautions Michael Meiphami Shaiza.
Retrospectively from 2023 to 2026, Manipur has seen how quickly a society unravels when constitutional process stops. When dialogue stops, violence speaks. When law stops, rumors rule.
AESL already has eight centres in the North-East located at Agartala (Tripura), Dimapur (Nagaland), and Guwahati, Kamrup, Nagaon, Silchar, Jorhat and Dibrugarh (Assam).
Elected representatives are not owners of the state. They are trustees of the Constitution. When they watch the Constitution violated and say nothing, they become accessories to the dismantling of the very house they were sent to protect.
Unity is many voices choosing to sing one song. Many tongues of the Nagas are not a curse like Babel. They are a testimony that we were never meant to be cloned, but to be covenanted.