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Manipur Students Disrupt Census Training, Demand NRC Implementation
In a place called Manipur in India, some students held a protest.
They are worried about people who may have come to the country without permission.
The students stopped a training session at a college.
That training was for people who would help count everyone living in the area, which is called a census.
The students carried signs that said 'No NRC, No Census'.
NRC stands for National Register of Citizens, a special list of people who are officially citizens.
The students want the government to make this list before counting everyone.
They believe the list is important to find people who came illegally and to protect future generations.
Police came to the college to keep everyone calm.
The students' leader asked the government to listen and not do the census until their demands are met.
Student protesters demanding NRC disrupted a training programme for census enumerators and supervisors at Moirang College in Bishnupur district, Manipur, on Friday.
The protesters carried placards reading 'No NRC, No Census' and forced trainees to leave the premises before the training could begin.
Police personnel were rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.
JFD students' wing convenor Naorem Wangamba said the organisation has been demanding the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to identify illegal immigrants.
Wangamba urged the government to respect the people's demands and not proceed with the census until the NRC demands are met, saying NRC is important to save future generations.
- Who
- Student protesters from the Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD) students' wing, led by convenor Naorem Wangamba, and census trainees and officials at Moirang College.
- What
- Protesters disrupted a training programme for census enumerators and supervisors, demanding that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) be conducted before the census.
- Where
- Moirang College, Bishnupur district, Manipur.
- When
- Friday, August 14.
- Why
- To press for NRC implementation, which the protesters say is needed to identify illegal immigrants before the census exercise.
Protesters (JFD Students' Wing)
Government / Census Authorities
Order of NRC and census
Protesters (JFD Students' Wing)
The NRC must be conducted before the census to identify illegal immigrants, and the government should refrain from proceeding with the census until these demands are met.
Government / Census Authorities
The government is seeking to conduct the census without carrying out the NRC first.
Key facts
- Event
- Census training programme disrupted by NRC protesters
- Location
- Moirang College, Bishnupur district, Manipur
- Date
- Friday, August 14
- Protest slogan
- 'No NRC, No Census'
- Protesting organisation
- Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD) students' wing
- Spokesperson
- Naorem Wangamba, JFD students' wing convenor
- Outcome
- Trainees forced to leave; police deployed to the spot
Quotes
Naorem Wangamba
Convenor of the JFD students’ wing
“We have been demanding NRC to find out the illegal immigrants. However, the government is seeking to conduct the census without carrying out NRC. NRC is important to save the future generations.”
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Sources
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