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MLA's visit to relief camp was unauthorized and unannounced.

Media accused of merging unrelated events, creating false impressions.

KIU condemns visit as breach of protocol and humanitarian sensitivity.

A visit by MLA Y. Khemchand to the Litan Sareikhong Relief Camp in Ukhrul on December 8 has drawn objections from the camp authorities and local bodies, who say the visit was not coordinated with them.

The MLA arrived at around 9.30 a.m. along with a group of BJP workers, at a time when many internally displaced persons (IDPs) were out for daily work, leaving mainly women, children, and the elderly at the camp. According to Camp in-charge Lunkhojang Baite, the visit was neither scheduled nor communicated and lasted briefly, during which photographs were taken.

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