Council announces boycott of Kuki MLAs, shutdown called in Churachandpur on 7 February as Kuki-Zo groups plan to hit the streets again over their unmet demands.
Pact was first signed on 22 August 2008 between Centre, Manipur govt & insurgent groups to end hostilities. But it was not renewed after ethnic violence erupted in May 2023.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Churachandpur, Kangpokpi and Tengnoupal during a 12-hour shutdown called by Kuki Inpi Wednesday. Security official says 'due process was followed'.
A mob also stormed Jiribam police station, it is learnt, and demanded that the authorities return their licensed guns, which they had handed over during the election process.
The two communities at heart of ethnic conflict in Manipur gathered at Jantar Mantar Friday to mark one year of eruption of violence in the state and shared stories of anguish.
Biren Singh-led Manipur govt has said that it intends to ‘identify & deport’ all those who entered state post-1961 — a proposition MSU believes is meant to target Kuki-Zo settlers.
The ethnic conflict that’s ripping Manipur apart is changing the rules of the tight-knit patriarchal Kuki-Zomi society. Now, the women are protectors, protesters and planners.
Tonsing Hangshing, his mom & family friend were killed while on their way to avail treatment in Imphal. SC had ordered Manipur to ensure burial for victims of ethnic violence.
The KPA has two MLAs in the 60-member Manipur assembly. KPA general secretary W Lalam Hangshing says move is 'but natural...in the present circumstances'.
A separate administrative unit for Zomis and Kukis, with a Union Territory status and a separate legislature devoid of Meitei influence, is important for peace.
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.
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