IMPHAL, October 13: The Joint Committee on implementation of Inner Line Permit System conducted its migrant survey today at Wangkhei Ayangpali area, with cooperation from local clubs and Meira paibis, said a statement of the committee.
The release signed by its convener, publicity committee, W Ananda Meitei condemned the statement of Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang that ILP is not effective in Nagaland despite its implementation.
It said the statement was given by Zeliang in an IANS interview on October 6 at Kohima.
The statement is not only unfortunate, but it also discourages the movement for implementation of ILP which are being taken out in Manipur and Meghalaya.
The statement continued that Manipur has been facing peculiar problem in identifying illegal migrants who have come from Bangladesh and Myanmar. It said migrants from Bangladesh easily take shelter among the Muslim population of the State by taking advantage of same religious affiliation.
It has been the same case with Naga, Kuki and Nepali illegal migrants, who also easily take shelter within the same community to which they belong, the statement added. It said that this can only be checked by enacting a stringent law.
Further it continued that ineffectiveness of ILP in Nagaland is because the government of the said State does not maintain proper scrutiny of migrant labourers. For example, migrants who have come to work with the permission of only 15-day stay continue to stay as long as six months without validating their permits, it added.
The statement maintained that ineffectiveness of ILP is not with its system; rather it is the incompetence of the Nagaland`™s government authority.