Manipur should have ILP system
Ingobi Ningthoujam
The so-called Inner Line Permit, ILP is the official
travel document issued by the Govt of India for allowing inward travel of an
Indian citizen into a protected/restricted area for a limited period. It is an
obligatory for Indian citizen from outside a
protected state to obtain a permit for entering into the restricted
Region. This system is an effort by the Govt of India to regulate the movement
to certain region or State located near its International Border.
As per the Chronology of Manipur, permit
system was an integral component of the Administration in Manipur. India Govt,
even after it had annexed Manipur under Duress, had approved the permit system
in Manipur on 17.01.1948. Then, Manipur being a border State, on second thought with a strategy of diluting
and subsequently indianising it The Govt
of India had got the permit system abolished in Manipur through the then Commissioner Mr Himmat Singh on
18.11.1950 allowing free entry, unchecked influx of outsiders from the Mainland
India.
At present the population of Outsiders in
Manipur has reached the Threatening – Stage giving us the much needed Wake-Up
call. If we don’t respond positively to
this wake-up call now, very soon we will become minority in our own State just
like the Tripuries in Tripura today. What the unwanted foreigners’ issue Assam
is facing today, Manipur is going to face it tomorrow. Unfortunately now we cannot
rely upon our Honey-Lipped Legislatures. Today it is Crystel-Clear, How they had passed in Assembly a Half-Hearted
Resolution simply because of the un-suppressive demand of the Indigenous
Manipuries for getting the ILP system re-imposed in Manipur. After all, our
State govt is a micro-puppet of Delhi. They will first protect the interest
of their Delhi Boss and then give the only perfunctory honey-lipped
service to Manipur public. The Devil
Delhi could read well the hollow intention
of our spineless Legislatures. That is why the Union Home Minister Mr S. K.
Shinde has flatly turned down the Manipur Govt’s pseudo demand for introduction of ILP system under
the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation-1873 alleging there is no provision for introduction of ILP
system in Manipur as it contradicts the Indian Constitution. It seems the
Indian Constitution is going to swallow Manipur alive. It is worth to be
mentioned here that Indian Constitution is amendable and also got it amended many times under various
circumstances just for accommodating those supposed to be unconstitutional
issues that had cropped up at different
times at different regions. So, we should create such a situation that the
concerned authority should be compelled to re-impose the ILP system in Manipur.
Mr. Shinde is well known for passing
random comments on any important issue without considering the possible
negative consequences for his short sighted comments. Very recently in
parliament he had been compelled to apologise to Smt Jaya Bachchan after he had
passed a taunting comment on her. But, Look! we cannot fine anyone in our
Assembly who has the guts to counter Mr. Shinde’s crooked statement
referring to our Assembly resolution. In
parliamentarian language he has directly made Fund of Manipur Legislatures. Of course,
they are always happy to accept negative comments made by their Delhi
Boss. Also, it is sad that in parliament
our hon’ble MP Dr. T. Meinya had washed his hands off from the issue once Mr.
Mullapally Ramachandran, Minister of State, Home Affairs had said ILP cannot be
extended to Manipur. DR. Meinya could have pursued the issue by raising the
question “Why it should not be in Manipur, when it is being implemented in
Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh?”
Delhi is saying ILP system cannot be
implemented in Manipur as it is against the Constitution of India. However,
they had had imposed the AFSPA-1958 in Manipur ignoring all the justified
objections raised by Manipuri people. How will we forget that with the help of
this very inhuman act, Assam Rifles(AR) personals had arrested, raped and executed Ms T.
Manorama Devi at 3.30 a.m. on 11.07.2004. Then our Brave Naked Women did attack the AR at Kangla.
Having unable to face the onslaught of our
women Force, the AR personals had run away leaving the Gate unmanned.
Ultimately AR had been forced to vacate the Holy Kangla. And of course, the
Manipur Govt had tried their best to take the credit for evacuating AR from
Kangla. It can be noted here that even the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India had
once admitted that “The Draconian AFSPA-1958 is unconstitutional”. Not even a
learned Judge of Supreme Court could not justify the imposition of AFSPA-1958.
Will Mr. Shinde be able to justify it ?? No, he can’t. So, now the Big question
is, why Delhi uses to adopt the Double-Standard whenever they are compelled to
deal with a crucial issue of Manipur like the ILP system ? Whenever they came to Imphal, they are liberal to
announce lots of utopian scemes/programmes for Manipur simply to forget it the
moment they reached New Delhi. Bad Luck, we don’t have a genuine leader/statesman to remind the unfaithful Delhi of the sweet
promises they had given to the public of Manipur.
It would have been much much better had
we had a strong regional political party for Manipur. Anyway the Joint Committee
on Inner Line Permit, JCILP spearheading the ILP movement in Manipur and the various other
ethnic groups from across the State should not get demoralised for this. All
indigenous Manipuries, barring a few pseudo political leaders, want the ILP
system to be re-imposed in Manipur immediately so that we would not have to
face the very ignominious issues/problems that Tripuries are helplessly facing
today in Tripura. It is better if we do remember how Israel had been created by
displacing Palestine. Now we all indigenous Manipuries should be united and
open all the channels to get the Indian Constitution amended for accommodating
ILP system in Manipur. As we all are united, we have a Golden chance to get our
Mission-ILPS accomplished at any cost.
(The views expressed by the author are personal. Author's E-Mail: oshaako@yahoo.in)
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i dont understand why u guys in need of ilp , if karnataka, delhi, kolkata , chennai , andhra start asking the same then it will be a big problem for the country and if u tell that your identity is in danger coz of influx in manipur , plz think twice, will give u an example tat u guys are adapting western culture and tat is the reason u feel that ur identity has been influenced by the influx peoples. and moreover i have been to manipur as a tourist its a beautiful place to live but i didnt like the way you guys treat with
Non -Manipuri peoples, if this truth comes out of your state and reaches to big cities that their peoples are treated inhumanly and if we guys start the same u can imagine. for a live example even a small rumour few months ago has created a havoc in your minds and u guys left to ur native place. Please think if the rumour becomes real then what will happen and i know from every family of manipur atleast 1 or 2 peoples are staying outside the state.