Imphal, Jan 11: The Kuki-Zo bodies in Kangpokpi district voiced their grievances to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command during his maiden visit to the Kuki-Zo-dominated Kangpokpi district on Wednesday.
Lieutenant General Ram Chander Tiwari, who assumed the position of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command on January 1, visited the strife-torn Kangpokpi district and met various Kuki-Zo bodies at 22 Assam Rifles Post Kangpokpi.
The various Kuki-Zo bodies, including the Committee on Tribal Unity, the CoTU, Sadar Hills, Kuki Inpi Sadar Hills, the KISH, Kuki Women Union Sadar Hills, the KWU Sadar Hills, the Kuki Women Organisation for Human Rights, the KWOHR, etc., were accompanied by the MLA of Saitu, Haokholet Kipgen, and the MLA of Saikul, Kimneo Haokip Hangshing, who held a meeting with the GOC-in-C Eastern Command.
CoTU’s General Secretary, Lamminlun Singsit, said that they have put up the myriad grievances faced by the Kuki-Zo people, including the Moreh issue, with the GOC-in-C Eastern Command.
He said, “We have reiterated our demand to withdraw or remove the state police forces, especially the Commandos, from the border town to avoid further violence and prevail in peace.”.
The Army Commander was accompanied by Lt Gen HS Sahi, GOC, Spear Corps, Maj. Gen. Vinod Kumar Nambiar, IGAR(E), and Brigadier Vikram Saini, 22 Sector Assam Rifles Commander.
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