Kuki Separate Administration

A police case has been filed against a key member of a Kuki group that's leading the call for a separate administration carved out of Manipur over allegations that he conspired to start large-scale violence on May 3, 2023.

Manipur BJP MLA Paolienlal Haokip has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah condemning a call by another BJP MLA in the state for banning a Kuki group that has been spearheading the call for a separate administration carved out of the state.

Members of the Kuki tribes held rallies and protests in parts of Manipur today, demanding a separate administration carved out of the ethnic violence-hit state bordering Myanmar.

Three MLAs from among the 10 who have been demanding a separate administration carved out of Manipur have clarified that they want their own tribes to be called by their correct names, instead of being associated only with the term "Kuki-Zo".

A Kuki-Zo civil society organisation that is spearheading the call for a separate administration carved out of Manipur has asked members of their tribes not to give their licenced guns to police stations for safe-keeping ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Twenty-nine Naga village chiefs have written a complaint to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes alleging forgery of their signatures in a rejoinder submitted to the commission on Manipur separate administration.

The Manipur government has strongly condemned the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum's (ITLF) call for "self-governed separate administration" in districts dominated by the Kuki tribes, and termed it as illegal.

Manipur lawmakers on Thursday condemned a statement by the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum - an organisation of Kuki-Zo tribes - that claims the group stands ready to establish a "self-governed separate administration" in areas dominated by them.

In a significant development, a frontal organisation of the Kuki tribes in Manipur has claimed they are ready to establish a "self-governed separate administration" in areas dominated by them, "whether the centre recognises it or not".

The top Naga body in Manipur has strongly objected to the Kuki-Zo tribes' demand for a separate administration or arrangement as it includes two districts that the Nagas had opposed when they were created in 2016.

A tribal women's forum Thursday staged a protest at the Jantar Mantar against the ethnic violence in Manipur, demanding a separate administration for the Kuki-Zo community.

Amid the continuing ethnic violence in Manipur for nearly three months, the Home Ministry on Wednesday held talks with Kuki insurgent groups that have signed the suspension of operations (SoO) agreement.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday rejected demands made by 10 MLAs including 7 from his own party, for a separate administration for the Kuki-dominated districts of the northeastern state.

A police case has been filed against a key member of a Kuki group that's leading the call for a separate administration carved out of Manipur over allegations that he conspired to start large-scale violence on May 3, 2023.

Manipur BJP MLA Paolienlal Haokip has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah condemning a call by another BJP MLA in the state for banning a Kuki group that has been spearheading the call for a separate administration carved out of the state.

Members of the Kuki tribes held rallies and protests in parts of Manipur today, demanding a separate administration carved out of the ethnic violence-hit state bordering Myanmar.

Three MLAs from among the 10 who have been demanding a separate administration carved out of Manipur have clarified that they want their own tribes to be called by their correct names, instead of being associated only with the term "Kuki-Zo".

A Kuki-Zo civil society organisation that is spearheading the call for a separate administration carved out of Manipur has asked members of their tribes not to give their licenced guns to police stations for safe-keeping ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Twenty-nine Naga village chiefs have written a complaint to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes alleging forgery of their signatures in a rejoinder submitted to the commission on Manipur separate administration.

The Manipur government has strongly condemned the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum's (ITLF) call for "self-governed separate administration" in districts dominated by the Kuki tribes, and termed it as illegal.

Manipur lawmakers on Thursday condemned a statement by the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum - an organisation of Kuki-Zo tribes - that claims the group stands ready to establish a "self-governed separate administration" in areas dominated by them.

In a significant development, a frontal organisation of the Kuki tribes in Manipur has claimed they are ready to establish a "self-governed separate administration" in areas dominated by them, "whether the centre recognises it or not".

The top Naga body in Manipur has strongly objected to the Kuki-Zo tribes' demand for a separate administration or arrangement as it includes two districts that the Nagas had opposed when they were created in 2016.

A tribal women's forum Thursday staged a protest at the Jantar Mantar against the ethnic violence in Manipur, demanding a separate administration for the Kuki-Zo community.

Amid the continuing ethnic violence in Manipur for nearly three months, the Home Ministry on Wednesday held talks with Kuki insurgent groups that have signed the suspension of operations (SoO) agreement.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday rejected demands made by 10 MLAs including 7 from his own party, for a separate administration for the Kuki-dominated districts of the northeastern state.