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New Delhi, July 16 -- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs is reported to have opposed the Manipur government's demand for the introduction of the provision of Inner Line Permit system in Manipur under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations, 1873.
The Centre, instead, asked the Ibobi government to defuse the crisis and keep strict vigil on the non Manipuri people who are engaged in different low paid trades like Barber, Mason besides the job of daily wage labourer. It is important to note here that several non Manipuri residents, mainly from Bihar, were killed by some underground rebels last year demanding ouster of all non Manipuri people from the state.
The state government had to open relief camp for the...