Borders and Ballots: How the political betrayal and the compromise are ruining the indigenous soul of Manipuri Civilisation

© Vladimir Adityanath

The Meiteis are the indigenous sons and daughters of the soil and have shaped the culture, customs, traditions and civilisational values of Manipur for at least 3000 years (5000 years according to many historians and researchers). They are the last remaining Hindus of our far-East. The Meiteis and Bishnupriya Manipuris face a situation which can only be described as legal or legislative apartheid like

1. They are denied electoral representation in 19 of the 60 Vidhan Sabha constituent assemblies.
2. They are not allowed to buy land in over 90% of Manipur [1].

                  The current political situation and the positions taken by the two largest political parties of Bharat, the Bharatiya Janata Party (B. J. P.) and Congress have pushed the last Hindus of our far-east into the proverbial corner. Even so-called “rashtrawaadi parties” like B. J. P. are criticizing any attempt by Meiteis and Bishnupriyas to seek justice and equal rights in their own motherland.

The diabolical policies of the Indian National Congress

                  The Congress party has taken a stand that delimitation should be performed based on the next Census to be conducted in 2026. The Manipuris are requesting the Government to perform the delimitation after conducting an NRC and completing the border fencing. Manipur has been a victim of demographic warfare since the 1950s. Large-scale illegal immigration through the porous Indo-Myanmar International Border with the backing of the Church and foreign powers with vested interests like the U.S.A. and the U.K. is being used as a tool to carve out a Christian puppet state in this region.

                   Most of the illegal immigrants are members of communities who identify themselves as “Kuki-Chin-Mizo” language speakers. The Bharatiya Government had included “any Kuki tribes” in the list of indigenous janajaatis of Manipur as a part of the 2002 “SC-ST Amendment Act. This blunder allowed illegal immigrants to enter Bharat and enjoy the privileges of ST status. Over 15 lakh actual indigenous Hindu-majority Meitei and Bishnupriya Manipuris enjoy no such protection. Such a legislation has only incentivised illegal immigration and census data manipulation. Less than 10% of Burmese illegal immigrants came to Bharat during the “8888 uprising” in 1988. Bharat has become the most popular destination of illegal immigrants since 2002, with at least 40% of Burmese illegal immigrants preferring Bharat [2].

                     Articles 330 and 332 provide proportional reservation to communities protected by “Scheduled Tribe” status. Large-scale illegal immigration and settlement of so-called “Kuki-Chin-Mizo” language speakers, all of whom claim to be “indigenous tribes” of Manipur have led to a rapid increase in the percentage of people protected by ‘Scheduled Tribe’ status in states like Manipur. With the increase in their population the number of electoral seats reserved for people having ‘Scheduled Tribe’ status have increased. The Manipur state election results show that there is a drastic increase in the number of voters of so-called “Kuki-Chin-Mizo” language speakers. Inspite of having the protection of “Scheduled Tribe” status, the number of Naga MLAs have reduced.

Rapid increase of ST population in Manipur

Year	Number of people with ST status	Percentage population of people with
1981	3,87,977	27.3%
1991	6,32,000	34.4%
2001	7,41,000	32.2%
2011	11,67,422	40.9% [3]

            Currently there are 19 seats reserved for people with “ST status”. The rapid increase in their population would mean that if a delimitation ( redrawing of the boundaries of electoral constituencies) is done on the basis of a Census performed in 2026 without identifying and deporting/isolating the illegal immigrants, the Hindu-majority indigenous Meiteis would lose electoral representation in at least 6 more Vidhan Sabha assemblies. The insistence of Congress that delimitation should be performed based on the planned Census of 2026 without accounting for illegal immigration is a continuation of their policy of empowering the so-called “Kuki-Chin-Mizo” language-speakers (like the creation of Pherzawl and Kangpokpi Districts) [4].

The self-serving Manipur Policy of B.J.P.

                 The term “Vikalp kaha hai ?” cannot be used to justify the failures of a political party whose core vote bank has given them two successive majorities at the Central Government level. Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech on 03.04.2025 perfectly captures the essence of their Manipur Policy and exposes it’s many flaws :

1. Senior B.J.P. leaders have continued to propagate the narrative that the violence was triggered due to a Manipur High Court verdict on 27.03.2023. The order had merely instructed the Manipur Government to consider the long-overdue petition demanding ST status for the Meiteis.

                                  Amit Shah and other senior B.J.P. leaders have refused to entertain any discussion on reforming the legislations inspired by colonial “divide and rule” policy, like the Manipur Land Revenue Act (1960), District Councils Act (1971), Article 371C and SC-ST Amendment Act (2002). These acts continue to discriminate against the indigenous Hindu-majority Manipuris and is a major reason for the destruction of local culture. Instead of addressing such divisive and destructive legislations, the party leadership is busy criticising the desperate pleas and attempts of an indigenous Hindu-majority community facing an existential threat.

• Amit Shah and other senior B.J.P. leaders have ignored the plot to create a Christian puppet state in this region dating back to the 1980s. P.S. Haokip’s controversial book Zalengam (1988) clearly mentions the nature of this proposed Kuki nation. The leadership of this movement has made it very clear that non-Christians unfortunate enough to reside within their claimed territory shall neither enjoy basic human rights nor have any dignity of living.

• The “rashtrawaadi” Government has repeatedly referred to this conflct as a “local disturbance between Kukis and Meiteis”. They have intentionally ignored the persecution of thousands of Gorkhas, who were driven out from their lands and ruthlessly extorted by armed Kuki-terrorists. Many of these terrorists are still enjoying a monthly stipend from our taxpayer money. The Nikhil Gorkha Parisangha had sent a letter describing their plight to J. P. Nadda on 04.06.2023. Not one of the politicians have mentioned the sufferings of or provided any compensation to the remaining Tamil Hindu population of Moreh. Their houses and shops were burnt and they were ruthlessly extorted by so-called “Kuki-Chin” language-speaking extremists [5].

• The ruling party has continued with their narrative of local ethnic conflict to protect the image of their party, ignoring the multiple memorandums submitted by Kukis to nations like UK, Israel and Germany. These memorandums have requested the addressed foreign powers to interfere in Manipur and annex parts of Bharatiya territory.

• While talking about the history of violence in Manipur, HM Amit Shah does not mention the 10-large scale attacks launched by the so-called “Kuki-Chin-Mizo” language-speaking communities against the Bru, Reang, Chakma, Dimasa, Karbi, Gorkha, Tamil, Meitei and Bihari people of Manipur, Assam, Tripura and Mizoram since 1990. Even before the violence in Manipur, they had launched large-scale attacks on the Hindu-majority Meiteis of Moreh and Churachandpur in 2007 and 2015. At least 1,50,000 non-Christian indigenous people have lost their lives, properties and dignity (rapes, gang-rapes and worse) during these atrocities [6]. He fails to mention that the current policy of monkey-balancing and creating has never succeeded before in this region.

• The ruling party has whitewashed the role of the Church in orchestrating, funding and providing intellectual cover-fire to terrorists and anti-nationals. Leading politicians have ignored the destruction or desecration of 1547 temples and Dharmic sites. A pastor was spotted along with armed terrorists while they were desecrating the millennia-old holy site of Mount Thangjing. Entire Dharmic ecosystems like the 3000 year old Koubru region and its adjoining Kangpokpi-Kanglatombi (KK) region has been reduced to smoke and rubble through decades of encroachment and destruction [7]. The repeated attempts of pastors, leaders of terror groups like Tiger of KNF and Church-backed political parties like Zoram Thar to mobilise the quarrelsome “Kuki-Chin-Mizo” language speaking janajaatis have been ignored.

•  The ruling party has been accused of taking a soft stance towards so-called “Kuki-Chin-Mizo” extremism and separatism in an attempt of secure the Kaladan Project and the highways going through the “Chin-Kuki” dominated regions of Myanmar. This policy of prioritising geopolitical interests over securing law & order and providing justice to the 15 lakh indigenous Hindu-majority sons ans daughters of Manipur is a deeply disturbing prospect. Both the Kaladan and Act-East policies pass through multiple zones controlled by various parties with conflicting interests. Both of these projects are dead for the foreseeable future. Jeopardising the survival of indigenous Hindus for such far-fetched ideas is an example of irresponsible statesmanship.

                          Only Kuki extremists have killed or wounded security personnel during the ongoing violence. 13 security personnel have lost their lives since 03.05.2023. Monkey-balancing and irresponsible statesmanship have led to discontent and anger among Manipuri youth. Once dormant Valley-Based Insurgent Groups are trying to reignite the flames of separatism by recruiting them.

Lessons from Manipur

                      Manipur shows clearly that political parties are more about optics and less about actual action. It is impossible to solve civilisational issues through party-politics alone. Political alternatives are necessary but Hindu society must empower themselves through Hindu -only economies like Sanatan Certification Board, Sanatan Censorship Board. Party-based politics must be replaced with manifesto based politics at District, State and Central levels. Central financial reserves and reliable points of contact must be created at national and state levels so that help can be provided when needed. Measures must be taken to bring-back the self-respect among Hindus at grassroots levels. Hindu society and civilisation can only survive by being strong and independent enough to keep politicians and political parties under their proverbial heel.  

References :

[1] Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, Article 371C of the constitution

[2] United Nations Human Rights Commission Reports

[3] Census of Bharat for the concerned years

[4] https://www.deccanherald.com/india/manipur/congress-against-delimitation-in-manipur-based-on-2001-census-report-3474390

[5] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehindu.com/news/national/pick-a-side-or-leave-difficult-decisions-for-tamils-in-manipur/article67264697.ece/amp/

[6] https://hindupost.in/terrorism/manipur-violence-2023-24-ongoing-cultural-genocide-of-the-indigenous-hindu-majority-meiteis/

[7] https://hindupost.in/dharma-religion/chin-kukis-reduced-dharmic-ecosystem/