In a speech in Imphal in 2020 Union home minister Amit Shah spoke of the decision to extend the Inner Line Permit (ILP) regime to Manipur as BJP’s “best gift” to the people of the state. Crediting PM Modi for his wisdom, he said, “Modiji realised that Manipur is not having the Inner Line Permit when other states surrounding it had it, which is injustice to the indigenous people and he found a way.”