Along the border of Bangladesh in the East Khashiya District of Meghalaya state, there are Meitei settlements scattering the village of Ishamati. Koilaghat, Bajrang, Korikhal. Naya Basti and Bholaganj within Sela-Bholaganj Block. Those Meitei of a areas. though there are records of settlement in the areas since almost more than a couple of hundred years, are still deprived of many rights as citizens of the state.