All those armed groups which have shown their agreement for the Suspension of Operation (SoO) pact, they should not demand for a separate state. This is said by Chief Minister N Biren. He categorically stated that such demand should not come in the possible political dialogue with them.
Opposition MLA K Ranjit raised few concerns in this regard during the question hour in the State Assembly. He asked questions about the amount spent in paying stipend to SoO cadres in a year, the number of cadres of SoO groups and whether there is any clause in the SoO pact which prohibits recruitment of new cadres.
In reply of this question, Chief Minister said that this pact certainly has one clause to prohibit new cadres’ recruitment. Government is paying Rs 7,85,16,000 to pay annual stipend to the SoO cadres. N Biren is also in charge of Home Department stated that the number of cadres is 1122 under KNO and 1059 under UPF. Biren informed the House that this amount comes fully from the Government of India.
CM N Biren also informed the assembly that this dialogue is between central government and these armed groups. It was an initiative of army. LK Mathur was appointed as interlocutor for this dialogue. Till date, State Government is not taking part in this dialogue. There is no intimation for us from the Government of India to join this dialogue. Yes, SoO groups had been discussing with the Government of India. But, no such tripartite dialogue involving the State Government has been held till date.
Some reports of illegal activities of militants using a different name have also been reported. Such group names are not in the list of SoO signatories. These groups are abducting workers engaged in the Jiribam-Imphal railway construction and also about collecting illegal taxes along Imphal-Moreh highway. However, there is no evidence of support by SoO groups to these activities.
In the reply to a question asked by Kh Joykisan, Biren said, there were few raids by Anti-Corruption and Vigilance Department and few armed militants were arrested according to law. Department registered an FIR because of corruption charges against few individuals too.
Chief Minister shared with the House, around 835 cases were registered in last 15 years.  Among these cases, Anti Corruption Cell has 354 cases and the Vigilance Department has 481 cases.  Anti Corruption Cell has only 47 cases currently under trial and Vigilance have 128 cases in pending status. Both departments have disposed off a large number of cases in recent times.
MLA Ranjit also raised question over threatening Aimol people settled in the southern side of Manipur as there are news about threatening people to merge into a bigger community. He asked about taken measures for protection of Aimol people.  CM Biren said, “Yes, there were reports of threatening Aimol people. Some issues were noticed and one of them is related to forced merge into another community. Two IRB posts where police commandos are also posted have been opened at Aimol Ngairong and Molnom Kuki village for protection of Aimol people. However, there is no case of arresting anyone in connection with threatening Aimol people.”
MLA Joykisan also raised question over providing security to individuals other than Ministers, MLAs, ex-Ministers and ex-MLAs. CM replied that one section of CRPF and 138 police personnel are being allotted to 15 ex-Ministers and ex-MLAs. 23 police personnel are allotted to two individuals included in the Central List.  88 police personnel are allotted to non-Government officials. Following an order of the Honorable Supreme Court, six CRPF personnel are allotted to Binalakshmi Nepram. He further added that security escorts to non-Government officials were given after thorough examination by Threat Assessment State Level Security Review Committee headed by the Chief Secretary as chairman.