Imphal, July 31: The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), the main civil society organisation of the Meitei community, would organise a protest demonstration in New Delhi on August 6 demanding action against the Kuki militants and protest the move to divide Manipur.

“India should stand against all forms of terrorism, be it religious or narco- terrorism. Manipur Hills can’t be another Golden Triangle,” they said in a joint statement strongly opposing the division of Manipur into ethnic lines.

Delhi Meitei Coordination Committee (DMCC) Convener Seram Rojesh and Spokesman Khuraijam Athouba said that Indians must know that threat to Manipur integrity is against the national interest of India and India’s unity in diversity.

The COCOMI leaders said that the Kuki militants, who are under a Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement with the government, are backing the drug trade, poppy cultivation, and their abuses.

The COCOMI also demanded the annulment of the SoO and the replacement of the Assam Rifles from Indo-Myanmar Border Management with more disciplined and sincere forces.

Various Kuki tribal organisations and ten Manipur tribal MLAs, including seven of them BJP, have been demanding separate administration (equivalent to separate state) for the tribals.

“Assam Rifles failed to protect Manipur from cross border narco-terrorist aggression. Security forces failed to protect the Meitei farmers from the attacks of Kuki militants,” the COCOMI statement said.

The COCOMI appealed to all residents, students, professionals and others who are in Delhi to take part in the August 6 sit-in demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

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