Imphal, Feb 18: A seven-member delegation of the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) on Monday met Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and urged him to install a new government to resolve the ethnic crisis at the earliest.

“Once the new government is formed, a full-fledged Assembly session must be convened to deliberate on the crisis and formulate necessary legal and administrative measures for resolution. Immediate measures should be taken to provide security and necessary amnesty for all affected villages and their civilian village defence forces to safeguard them from continued violence,” the memorandum, submitted to the Governor at the Raj Bhavan, stated.

The COCOMI delegation, led by its Convenor Khuraijam Athoubam, told the Governor that when the Manipur government launched the “War on Drugs,” undertook anti-poppy drives, and the identification and eviction of illegal villages and immigrants, the majority of whom originate from Myanmar, it faced steep resistance from the affected community, creating conflict situations that circumstantially lead to demands for separate administration in the form of Union Territory with a legislature.

According to the COCOMI memorandum, the ongoing crisis since May 3, 2023, is deeply linked to narco-terrorism.

“It is evident that in the ongoing law and order crisis in Manipur, the Meetei group has no specific agenda or objective in engaging with this conflict. Rather, the crisis appears to be driven by those pursuing the demand for separate administration,” the COCOMI memorandum further stated.

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