Manipur BJP asks for removal of all NSCN(IM) designated camps

Manipur BJP today urged the Centre to remove all NSCN(I-M) designated camps from the state which is witnessing violence since early this month.
Removal of the designated camps of NSCN(IM), which is in ceasefire with the Centre, will solve the ongoing "restlessness" in Manipur, state BJP spokesperson O Joy Singh said here.
Joy Singh said the party will not compromise with the territorial integrity of Manipur and a delegation of the state BJP will meet Union Home Minister Rajanth Singh in Delhi. State BJP chief Ksh Bhavananda Singh is already in the national capital.
Earlier in the day, BJP Legislature Party leader Khumukcham Joykisan Singh resigned from the primary membership of the party and joined Congress protesting negligence by BJP's central leadership on various issues of Manipur.

Manipur has been witnessing violence since early this month and is experiencing severe hardship in supply of essential items since November 1 after United Naga Council (UNC) imposed an indefinite economic blockade on the two national highways in the state that serve as its lifelines.
The UNC has been agitating against the government's decision to create Sadar Hills and Jiribam into full fledged districts, claiming it would bifurcate ancestral lands of Nagas in Manipur.
The Manipur cabinet had on December 9 decided to form seven new districts, bifurcating the existing nine. Four new districts have been formally inaugurated.
The tension escalated after militants ambushed Manipur Police and other state forces in the last few days that left three policemen dead and 14 others injured on December 15.