People Kuki look at the photographs of those who died in ethnic violence at the Memorial “Memories”, Churachandpur, Manipur. | Photo Credit: Reuters
The shutdown meant the second anniversary of the ethnic conflict in manipur, because the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities remembered the victims of violence in their relevant areas of dominance on Saturdays.
Educational institutions and businesses on the Meitei-Majority Imphal Valley were closed in response to the Coordination Committee for the Integrity of Manipur (COCOMI), a conglomerate of social organizations to participate in the public Convention at Khuman Lampak Stadium in Imphal.
People in the hills, dominated by a group of Kuki-ZO tribes, also observed a weaning called the Federation of Zomi students and the organization of Kuki students.
At the Cocomi event, people offered floral honors to commemorate the victims. Speakers, including scientists, prominent personalities and leaders of civil society organizations, demanded peace, justice, conflict resolution and protection of territorial integrity of manipure.
The Tenor of the Imphalian Convention contrasted with the “Day of Separation”, the theme of the anniversary organized by the forum of indigenous tribal leaders that detonated the rights of Kuki-Zo people. The highlight of the forum program was the convergence of hundreds of people on the “Memories” Wall in Churachandpur to pay tribute to the victims of Kuki-Zo conflict.
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The emphasis on the “separation day” was on the demand of Kuki-Zo after a separate administration, which is gaining strength from the outbreak of the ethnic conflict two years ago.
Security was increased in different parts of the state, specifically in Kuki-Zo and Meitei. However, no undesirable incident was reported.
Ethnic violence broke out on May 3, 2023, after the tribes in the Hill districts took the Rally Solidarity to protest against the alleged transfer of the state government to grant the planned MEITEIS status concentrated in the Imphal valley, which together with the Jiribam area account for.
The violence has left more than 250 people dead and approximately 60,000 others were displaced. Most displaced people continue to live in embossed camps.
This was the impact of the conflict that Meiteis and Kuki-Zos were ethnically divided and could not embark on others. The center tried to bridge the abyss by opening the motorway-manipur’s life line connecting the Imphal valley with the ground beyond Kuki-Zo inhabited hills-8. March.
The attempt, a month after Nonghombam Biren Singh resigned as the main minister of manipures on February 9, retreated and required life in this process.
Manipur was under the government of the President, deposited on February 13 after the party Bharatiya Janata did not reach the consensus of Mr. Singh’s successor. A few days ago, 21 MLA of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the State of Prime Minister Narendra Modim and the Minister of the Interior of the Union Amit Shah demanded an immediate installation of the “popular government” in the state.
Meanwhile, the opposition Congress demanded new elections as a “double -engine government” and the presidential government could not return peace and normalness in manipure, except for free movement and returning people to their homes.
Published – May 3 2025 20:53 is
