A Manipur legislator and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajkumar Imo Singh shared the state government statement and on Twitter and wrote, "State Government has sought a detailed clarification from authorities to clarify the reasons as to how the 718 Myanmar Nationals entered Manipur, India. They have been ordered to push back/deport all the Myanmar Nationals immediately to their own country. Manipur is for all the indigenous people from all communities, but let us all push and deport all illegal migrants from our State."