But eight bodies awaiting burial for more than 500 days – and a “stolen” corpse – could play a role in deciding the outcome in some tribal assembly constituencies of Manipur. Violent protests opposing the three bills claimed nine lives, six of them allegedly in police firing, within a week. It led to an agitation, continuing but with lesser intensity, spearheaded by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the tribes. The three bills were Protection of Manipur People bill, Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (7th Amendment) bill and the Manipur Shops and Establishments (2nd Amendment) Bill. Because the government came up a substitute bill (The Manipur Regulation of Non-Local People Act, 2016) in August last year.

Source: Hindustan Times January 25, 2017 12:55 UTC