More than 500 Imas (mothers) who run stalls in a market staged a protest under the Khwairamband Ima Keithel Coordinating Committee for Peace to reject demand for a separate administration for Kuki-Zo community in Manipur and restoration of peace in Manipur.
The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) organized a massive rally in Churachandpur on Monday morning, starting from Churachandpur Public Ground to Peace Ground near the Churachandpur Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) office.
The shutdown stems from various escalating problems in the bazaar area. The Bazaar Shop Owners community, representing both small and large shop owners, unanimously decided on this drastic measure, citing recent violent incidents as a catalyst. Notably, residents of Thangal Bazaar were assaulted at night, prompting widespread fear and unrest.
The event was organized to remember and mourn the loss of hundreds of innocent lives in the ongoing state-sponsored ethnic cleansing targeting the Kuki-Zo community.
Ten Kuki-Zo MLAs of Manipur wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and have requested to take necessary arrangements for the people who have taken shelter across the country to make necessary arrangements for them to cast their votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections for Manipur.
