Overview
- Hundreds rallied under the Just and Fair Delimitation banner near Ima Keithel, with many women vendors joining a push to halt census work until an NRC-style identification is completed.
- Police and central forces blocked an attempted march to the Manipur Legislative Assembly and used tear gas to disperse the crowd, with officials reporting at least six injuries.
- Student group DESAM locked the State Institute of Training in Takyel, alleging census-related instruction was underway and demanding a freeze on such activities.
- Protest leaders called for identifying alleged illegal immigrants using 1951 as the base year before any census or delimitation, citing concerns linked to displacement from the 2023 ethnic violence.
- In the Assembly, the chief minister said the exercise will take time and the home minister noted delimitation challenges before the Supreme Court, even as the national timetable targets house-listing in April–September 2026 and enumeration in February 2027.