Imphal, Aug 27: With relation to the proposed Special Assembly Session of the Manipur State Legislative Assembly, the Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), Kuki Students Organisation-General Headquarters (KSO-GHQ), Kuki Chiefs Association (KCAM), and Kuki Women Union (KWU) cabinet meeting have resolved that no Kuki-Zo MLA must participate in the said session either in person or through video conferencing in the interest of the people.
“To that matter, any Kuki-Zo MLA participating in the Special Session must himself/herself hold all responsibility to answer the people. Moreover, it is utterly regrettable that a State Government is at the dictate of a particular community.
Consequently, the Kuki-Zo people have irreparably lost trust and confidence in the state government, andtherefore any participation with the state government will be utterly aimless,” the Kuki Inpi Manipur stated in the press release.
It further added, “The Kuki-Zo people cannot be bound by any resolution adopted by the Special Assembly session and will not accept any attempt to impose such resolutions on our land and our people.”
“The Kuki-Zo people have resolutely stated time and again that total Separation of our people from the chauvinistic meiteis backed by the Manipur government is the only solution to the ongoing ethnic strife that is perpetrated by the Meiteis under the careful watch of the incumbent Chief Minister Mr N Biren Singh, Until such time, any effort to conciliate the ethnic violence is only a theatrical performance put up by the Meitei Civil Society Organisations in connivance with the State government,” said Janghaolun Haokip, Secretary, Information & Publicity Kuki Inpi Manipur.
ITLF spokeperson Ginza Vaulzong said, “The Manipur assembly has no meaning for the hill people because we have been driven out of the Imphal valley. So much hatred has been described by the majority of the Manipur people. Even the chief minister himself called us illegal migrants and poppy cultivators and made other derogatory comments. After that, we don’t feel like we are part of Manipur anymore. Also to be mentioned is that our MLAs are not safe in the Imphal valley because earlier an Kuki MLA was attacked and a Meitei mob tried to lynch him, but somehow he was saved. We are separated geographically and demographically, and we only feel that the solution is a separate administration for Kuki people.”
Rose Ngaihte, spokesperson of the Zomi Council Steering Committee on Manipur Legislative Assembly, said, “After the massive violence from May 3, we are separated physically, mentally, and emotionally. So, the special assembly has no relevance to us. We are already separated, so there is no meaning to the special assembly. If the Kuki-Zo MLAs have decided not to attend or boycott the assembly session, it was their own decision because they are the representatives of the people. It is entirely their collective decision.”
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