Imphal, Aug. 31: Manipur Assembly today unanimously passed the Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015, to safeguard the interests of the people of the state.

The bill, introduced on Friday by chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, was passed by the House without any discussion. It proposes to issue a "pass" to any "non-Manipur person" while entering Manipur.

The Assembly also passed the Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015, to allow the government to register names of an employee of a shop and issue a card to him.

Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2015, was also passed by the Assembly. The bill proposes a cabinet approval for purchase of land by a non-Manipur person.

The Assembly passed all the three bills within a period of 10 minutes, as there was no discussion. The passing of the bills was the culmination of a two- month-long violent agitation spearheaded in the valley by the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System, a citizen conglomerate.

One student died while more than 300 protesters were injured in clashes with the police during the campaign. The body of Sapam Robinhood, a Class XI student who died in police crackdown on July 8, is still at an Imphal mortuary.

"Since the government has passed the bill we now need to talk to the government on the issue of Robinhood's body and restoration of academic atmosphere. More than 300 agitators were injured during the campaign and many of them are in jail. We have to talk to the government for a final solution to these issues," Kh. Ratan, the convener in-charge of the joint committee, said.

The introduction to the bill said it was necessary to provide protection, socio-economic and cultural balance to the people of Manipur and for maintenance of peace and public order.

It also said the bill is aimed at regulating entry into and exit from Manipur by non-Manipuri persons and tenants, in the interest of general public.

The bills were passed on a day the Kuki Students' Organisation, All Naga Students' Association Manipur and All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur jointly observed a 12-hour bandh in all the five hill districts from 6am.

It was called against the Protection of Manipur People Bill, Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill and the Manipur Shop and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill. The bandh affected normal life in the hill districts.

The organisations said the bills overlapped with Article 371C and Manipur Hill People Administration Regulation Act, 1947. Suspected bandh supporters set fire to the private house of health minister Phungzathang Tonsing at Churachandpur town this evening for not opposing the bills.