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New Delhi: The Kuki Inpi Manipur has come out against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Manipur, calling it “unacceptable” as tens of thousands of people are still displaced due to the prolonged ethnic conflict.

The Kuki apex body, in a statement released on Thursday (June 4), said that the exercise is being carried out without first addressing the situation of displaced residents, demanding that “satisfactory arrangements” be made to “ensure that no displaced person is left out of the process.”

The Kuki Inpi Manipur underlined that 59,000 people belonging to the Kuki-Zo community are internally displaced and remain unable to return home which raises concerns regarding “fairness, inclusivity, and administrative responsibility” of the SIR exercise.

“The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Manipur is unacceptable under the prevailing circumstances and raises serious concerns regarding fairness, inclusivity, and administrative responsibility. The Kuki Inpi Manipur had........

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