Bhalla appealed to the citizens of Manipur to rise above differences and work together towards peace and prosperity of the state.
The meeting, which was held here at the aegis of the Union Home Ministry, discussed various aspects of the ongoing conflict and decided to continue their dialogue to find an amicable solution acceptable to people of the state, sources privy to the meeting said.
"Let us come together as one nation and one people to secure a brighter future for Manipur," the statement said.
He said that the state government's opposition is to the new immigrants in the state who are engaged in drug-related activities and not against anyone who has settled before.
2024 Toronto International Film Festival: Bollywood assistant director Lakshmipriya Devi, from Manipur, talks at the world premiere of her debut film as a director, 'Boong', about how a Kuki-Zo boy plays the Meitei lead and how her film will be the last document of Manipuri society before ethnic violence gripped and changed it.
The common factor in both their demands was a call to end the violence in the north eastern state.
Lok Sabha polls 2024: As the strife hit national headlines, especially after a video of two women being paraded naked surfaced, the BJP-led government at the Centre have taken several measures seeking to bring back people's confidence in the administration.
The student body’s diktat follows Manipur CM N Biren Singh’s recent statement that his government will "identify and deport" anyone who entered the state and settled there after 1961.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Meitei extremist organisations have declared, as their professed aim, the establishment of an independent nation by the secession of Manipur from India through armed struggle and to incite indigenous people of Manipur for such secession.
The agency formed a special investigation team (SIT) under a DIG-rank officer in June to investigate the six cases referred to it by the Union home ministry, the officials said.
The government will seek the trial of the case, the details of which came out in the open last week through the leak of the video of the horrific incident, in Assam, the official said.
If the trust deficit between the communities in Manipur is not bridged and faith in the state government is not restored, it would open the door for China to fish in troubled waters in the sensitive border regions
Content related to the horrific viral video is being withheld in India in response to legal demands.