Overview

• Shah assured N Biren Singh that the central government shares calls for a locally backed administration and will review the situation before moving forward
• Manipur remains under President’s Rule since February 13 after Singh resigned as chief minister
• The home minister has launched one-on-one dialogues with Meitei, Kuki and other community leaders in a bid to resolve ongoing ethnic tensions
• Singh highlighted the plight of internally displaced persons and the effects of highway movement restrictions during his two-day New Delhi briefing
• Officials were urged to extend the deadline for identifying alleged illegal immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh to address security and demographic concerns