Initially the new recruits of the 10th and 12th IRB numbering about 1,724 were slated for a road trip to Lachit Borphukan police academy, Dergaon in Assam.
The selected candidates of 10th, 11th IRB and others stated that allocating training outside Manipur during the tense situation would mount insurmountable pressure on the candidates particularly from the valley.
Congress General Secretary K K Venugopal also said that the entire Nation expects a serious intervention from the Union Government and that at least a Prime Ministerial level meeting should have been called in Manipur itself.