Manipur Civil Groups Urge Centre to Conduct NRC Before Census

Civil society groups from Manipur have travelled to Delhi to press the central government on a key demand: completing a National Register of Citizens exercise before the upcoming national census. The delegation argues that proceeding with a standard census in the current conditions risks capturing inaccurate demographic data. They cite widespread displacement and a breakdown of state institutions as factors that would distort census findings. According to the groups, conducting the census without first identifying illegal immigrants could permanently embed demographic discrepancies into official records.
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