Dear Honorable Chief Minister of Manipur,

With much pleasure and appreciation to your new leadership in Manipur at this juncture, this open personal letter is addressed to you from Singapore for your immediate follow up action to Mr Vajpayee Prime Minister of India on the subject matter of revoking foreign restricted acts from Manipur state. I have already sent an open letter to our honorable Prime Minister of India for the cause of the people of Manipur in particular and at large for the greater interest of India and global community. I would like to give some supporting reasons of removing the restricted acts from Manipur.

1. Tourism point of view: Manipur has many natural attractive places with many rare animals, flora and Fauna, and the uniqueness of multi-indigenous tribal society. The historical world wars battlefields are memorable as many soldiers sacrificed their lives in Manipur whom many countries men still remember them with respect and love. Moreover, Manipur is connected to many bordering countries like Burma, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Srilanka etc.

2. Educational and idealism: The potential of the multicultural and religious aspect is also a key role for the changing of mind set of the people from traditional thought to post-modernism. It can bring many changes in various fields for betterment and progressive people in the country.

3. Creation of job opportunities and also self reliance for the thousand of young people in Manipur. They will use their brain and talents for constructive purposes as they see the civilized people in the world. They will learn to appreciate their own people and culture when they make interaction with other people of the countries.

4. Communal tension or riots will no longer exist in Manipur as they can interact with foreigners. Our behavior will be changed as we receive many new ideas and modernism way of life. There can be better and stricter laws implementation for everyone with equality and our society and administration becomes more transparency to one another for the good of all.

5. Administration and economical management: Such changes will be helpful for higher rate of growth for the administration and economical growth with the improvement in the transaction. It helps also for accountability of every management and pushes up the investment in many respect of business in Manipur.

6. Kashmir has been open to foreign tourists for many years through the political situation is worst than Manipur by the government of India. With this comparison and also the past historical experience of Manipur, people of Manipur has been very hospitalized and treated well so far to foreigners or tourists. But in many parts of India, we have heard many bad news of the local people who ill treated foreign tourists. In our history of Manipur, not a single foreign tourist is ill treated to cheated by the people of Manipur.

My personal sharing in this letter may surely help our Chief Minister to further do the follow up action with the honorable Prime Minister of India as my open letter is sent on 30 March 2002 from Singapore. May your leadership bring peace and prosperity as you work for reconstruction of Manipur at this challenging generation.

Yours sincerely,
a good citizen of Manipur

Vashum Vareingam
- Tolloi Village
- Ukhrul District
Manipur, India
Present address - Singapore.