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Hundreds of oldsters on Saturday (January 31, 2026) held a rally within the Manipur capital Imphal to declare their stand that the territorial and administrative integrity of the Disclose can no longer be divided at any rate.
The “Save Manipur” rally became organised by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an umbrella body of a number of Meitei civil society organisations.
Following the ethnic warfare within the northeastern snort, the Kuki crew has been traumatic a separate administrative mechanism for its participants. No longer no longer up to 260 folks private been killed and hundreds rendered homeless within the ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-basically based mostly Meiteis and hills-basically based mostly Kuki-Zo teams in Manipur since Can also 2023.
The Disclose has been below President’s Rule since February final 12 months.
All over Saturday’s (January 31, 2026) rally, the agitators marched from Tiddim ground to Thau ground, covering a distance of 5 km.
They raised slogans and held placards that read “no compromise to Manipur’s territorial and administrative integrity,” “no attempts should be made to divide Manipur,” and “resettle the IDPs to their home”.
Demonstrators also incorporated folks from non-Manipuris, Muslims and Naga communities, alongside with Meiteis.
“We are participating in this rally to reiterate our stand that Manipur’s territorial and administrative integrity must not be broken at any cost. We cannot compromise on this,” acknowledged Bidyaluxmi Oinam.
One other demonstrator, Khagembam Surjit, acknowledged, “The land of Manipur became built by our forefathers, and no longer by illegal immigrants from Myanmar.”
Kukis share ethnic ties with the Chin community people of Myanmar.
Security has been tightened across the capital in view of the rally.
Published – January 31, 2026 03:02 pm IST
