"If There Was Border Fencing Then...": Manipur Chief Minister's Jab On 'Free Movement Regime' | Read

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has accused earlier union governments - specifically those led by the Congress, though he did not mention the party - of neglecting the northeastern state and its concerns over the 390-km long border with Myanmar. The Chief Minister argued that this neglect had led to the ethnic violence between the Metei and Kuki-Zo tribes in May last year, in which 175 people were killed. Speaking to NDTV against the backdrop of that violence - for which illegal immigrants from Myanmar were blamed - and clashes with militants in the region - the Chief Minister called on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to fence the interntional border and scrap the contentious Free Movement Regime.