LANTHENGMINNASI EIKHOI to hill people and outsiders threatening the very existence of the valley people whereas the Meiteis cannot buy the land in the hills . With the arrival of Railways and Look East Policy, the future of valley people of Manipur will be in jeopardy . Where will the valley people go ? In spite of these discriminatory practices, the Meiteis never complain Historical blunders become a source of perpetual conflicts. For the last 69 years, the Government of India have committed a series of blunders against Manipur According to the statement of G.K. Pillai, former Union Home Secretary, which was published on 27 September, 2011 in the Telegraph newspaper. According to him, the repeal of the draconian act AFSPA -1958 was one of the first steps towards resolving the vexed conflict of Manipur’s valley and hills. He said that “the ancient kingdom of Manipur had a constitution even before India wrote her own and had a proud history and was overnight turned into a C-category state in 1948. He further added “we have to build trust by dealing with the core issues. An apology, say by the Prime Minister or the Home Minister, for the past mistakes could be a start”. But we ,Manipuris do not want any apology. We want the Government of India to rectify the blunders and mistakes in order to restore the love, unity, solidarity, peace, liberty and development by restoring the Pre-Merger political Status of Manipur. In addition to the series of blunders commmitted by the Government of India, the immediate cause of hill-valley divide is the Naga Peace Agreement signed on 3rd August,2015. The Government of India and the NSCN-IM signed the Naga Peace Agreement:-
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