Overview
- Manipur Congress chief Okram Ibobi Singh called on the central government to delay the census in the state until normalcy returns.
- He cited thousands of displaced residents and more than 50,000 people on the move or in relief camps, which he said would block accurate door-to-door counts.
- Singh argued bad data would ripple through policy because census numbers steer where money goes and how public services are planned.
- Pointing to the 2001 count, he said unusual district spikes then led to abnormal delimitation, and he noted Congress had asked that seat redrawing not rely on those figures.
- Officials have not announced a decision, and Singh added that refugees from Myanmar and unverified immigrants could further cloud the rolls unless identification and deportation come first.