Imphal, June 30 -- Inner Manipur Lok Sabha MP, Akoijam Bimol Angomcha, has alleged that he was prevented by central forces from visiting Phougakchao Ikhai, a village on the edge of the Meitei-dominated Bishnupur district and Kuki-majority Churachandpur, despite it falling under his parliamentary constituency.
In a strongly worded statement yesterday, Angomcha, a first-time Congress MP and prominent academic, accused the state of "nurturing a communally founded division of Manipur" by drawing and enforcing what he described as an "imaginary and unconstitutional" buffer zone that he believes supports communal interests.
"I, an elected Member of Lok Sabha, was stopped from visiting Phougakchou-Ikhai Makha Leikai Keithel (Bazar) in Bishnu...