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Manipur Christians Resent Scheduling Election on a Sunday
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 15-Jan-2022
Christian community in Manipur has strongly resented scheduling of polling on a Sunday, and urged the Election Commission of India to reschedule it to another day. The All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) and Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) were the first to raise the objection. ATSUM in a statement on Jan. 10 said, the scheduling of the election date for Feb. 27, which is a Sunday, was a matter of concern for tribal people and the Christian community in the state. Likewise, Shokholun Mate, General Secretary of KIM, said there were “serious objections and complaints” as the decision to hold polling on a Sunday was bound “to hurt the religious sentiments” of the state’s Christian community. Christians make up 41.29 percent of Manipur’s population of 2.85 million, according to the Census of India 2011 report. Christians are a majority in five out of nine districts of the state.
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