Assam Rifles’ deployment in Manipur has led to a controversy as MLAs on either side of the divide sent memoranda to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with a group of 40 Manipur MLAs {mostly Meiteis and those from the BJP) asking for the paramilitary force to be entirely replaced in the state and the other (Kukis) wanting it to stay.

The 40 MLAs and ministers had petitioned Modi for the Assam Rifles’ 9th, 22nd and 37th battalions to be replaced wherever they are currently deployed with other “trustworthy central forces” alongside state forces.

This comes after the Manipur Police registered a criminal case against the Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in the country, for “obstruction of duty” and “criminal intimidation”.

Barkha Dutt speaks to Lt General Shokin Chauhan, former DG of Assam Rifles.

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