Imphal, March 27 -- Rajya Sabha MP from Manipur Leishemba Sanajaoba, during the zero hours in the Parliament on Thursday, raised concern for the protection of the indigenous people in this sensitive border state.

MP Sanajaoba drawing the attention of the Rajya Sabha, expressed his fear that Manipur will have a huge demographic imbalance and the indigenous people will suffer a lot in their homeland soon if positive measures are not taken. This is because of the abnormal and illogical increase of villages in Kangpokpi, Tengnoupal, Chandel, Churachandpur, and Pherzawl districts from 1969 to 2024.

During the period, the villages in these districtsincreased from 731 to 1624, an abnormal jump of 593 villages, that is 122 percent in about 50 y...