Imphal, Sept. 14 -- Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh and Rajya Sabha MP Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi on Monday thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for acknowledging the state's request to make 1951 the base year for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and welcoming his assurance that the matter would be reviewed in the public interest.

Addressing BJP workers at the party's state headquarters in Imphal on September 14, Khemchand said the NRC was a core component of the BJP's election manifesto and recalled the state Assembly resolution passed in August 2022 during former Chief Minister N. Biren Singh's tenure seeking its implementation.

Khemchand said the BJP remained committed to resolving the ethnic conflict through dia...