The naval arm of the Revolutionary Guard, earlier said the new route was established without notice or coordination with Iran, calling it "unacceptable and completely dangerous."
With ethnic fault lines deepened by three years of violence, thousands still displaced and fresh tensions simmering, the road to Manipur’s 2027 Assembly polls remains uncertain.
The controversy erupted after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari told the West Bengal Assembly that the sanctioned building plan bore the signature of Hakim, a senior TMC leader and former mayor.
Government sources, however, maintained that passports have never been considered proof of citizenship and that no new decision had been taken by the government on the matter.
