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Moushumi Das Gupta is a Deputy Editor and leads the government vertical. She writes on politics, policy, governance and infrastructure. She has travelled extensively across the country to report on elections, conflict and natural disasters. Moushumi joined ThePrint in October 2018. She can be reached at moushumi.gupta@theprint.in
its not kuki-zomi its zomi both share cultural ties but representing them correctly will help reduce the confusion between the two communities.
The Kuki-Hmar-Zo people are residents of Myanmar (formerly Burma). They have illegally immigrated over the porous Indo-Myanmar border over the last few decades and settled in in the hill tracts of Manipur.
Almost all Kuki-Hmar-Zo people are illegal immigrants residing in India.
The Union government must investigate the background of this officer before appointing him to such an important position.
The Naga People’s Organization (NPO) is an anti-India group which has always been involved in secessionist activities. It has been an avowed champion of Naga independence.
The fact that this organisation has the guts to request the Union Home Ministry to appoint a Naga officer of their choice as the Chief Secretary of Manipur is surprising to say the least.
The Union Home Ministry must initiate strict action against these anti-India pro-terrorist civil society organisations.