A cross has been installed atop a hill near Manipur's Moirang town in an act seen as destabilising in the violence-hit state, as the hill has a sacred site of the residents of this lakeside town under Bishnupur district, 60 km from Imphal.
The appearance of a cross and a community flag atop a hill near Manipur's Moirang district has raised a massive controversy, as the hill has a sacred site of the residents of this lakeside district, 60 km from the state capital Imphal.
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Critics point out that the formulation would implicitly create separate Naga, Kuki and Meitei territories which would be difficult given the fact that there are mixed populations in many villages and districts
BJP MLA Paolienlal Haokip has proposed the creation of three separate union territories to resolve Manipurs ethnic conflict. Haokip said the Manipur state should be reorganised into three territories granting ethnic communities political and administrative recognition of its separation.