Manipur closes all educational institutes for three days and a Census training programme in Imphal West is deferred as protests continue over demands for NRC updation before the Census. The closures and deferral take place amid a broader strike called by the Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD).
According to reports, protesters burn effigies of politicians and hold rallies across Manipur’s valley districts on the second day of the JFD strike. The Mint report says the order shutters schools for three days, while The Hindu reports that authorities defer training in Imphal West. Both accounts link the disruptions to the same underlying protest objective: updating the NRC prior to the Census exercise being conducted in the state.
While the outlets emphasize different administrative measures—school shutdowns versus deferral of Census training—they converge on the timing, the protest actions, and the central demand driving the unrest.
