IMPHAL, July 15: As decided by the State government, an emergency sitting of Manipur Legislative Assembly was convened today and the House unanimously passed a resolution to withdraw the Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers Bill, 2015 which was passed in the House on March 16.
During the discussion, Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh assured the House that a fresh bill to address the issue of implementation of Inner Line Permit or similar law within the framework of the Indian Constitution will be drafted and placed before the House at the earliest with a maximum time limit of three months.
He asserted that in this regard, the state government has already taken up measures to prepare the new bill.
The state government will seek and take the suggestions and views of all the stake holders namely JCILPS, political parties, civil organisations, legal /constitutional experts, esteemed members of media etc on specific issue in a time bound manner, the CM said.
To address the current issue, Chief Minister extended his invitation on behalf of the government to convenor JCILPS for discussion on the Inner Line Permit System and other related issues on July 14 and the reply is awaited from JCILPS.
Considering the urgency and the people`s demand, as a first step, an All Political Party Meeting is being scheduled on July 16 at 9 am to discuss on the time line and road map to be followed to prepare a new bill with an aim to protect the indigenous people of Manipur within the ambit of the Constitution of India.
Stating that state government is fully geared-up to complete the preparation of the bill for placing before the Manipur Legislative Assembly at the earliest, Ibobi assured the people that his government will ensure the passage of bill to protect the indigenous people of the state.
The CM appealed to all the citizens of the state to maintain peace, remain calm and extend full cooperation to the government to complete the exercise.