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But in 2015, the erstwhile chief minister Ikrom Ibobi Singh passed the Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers Bill, 2015 proposing to list all visitors, tenants and migrant workers in the state. Last month, JCILP had vandalised fruit stalls owned by 'non-locals' at Thangal Bazar, claiming that they had already given an ultimatum to the 'illegal migrant workers' to vacate the place. The Manipur assembly passed a resolution back in 2012 seeking the implementation of ILP in the region. IMPHAL: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said his government will put in the best possible effort to table a bill in the coming assembly session to propose the introduction of a regime similar to the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in the state. He would like to ensure that the bill is agreeable to people from the hill and the valley, Biren added.Implementing the ILP has been a long-standing demand of the people in the state, with there having been a lot of protests and bloodshed over the issue in the recent years..