"Blatant Lie": 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs Say Never Met Manipur Chief Minister Since May 2023
NDTV
The 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs termed as a "blatant lie" a top government lawyer's submission to the Supreme Court that Chief Minister N Biren Singh has been meeting all "Kuki MLAs" in an effort to bring peace
The 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs in Manipur who have been calling for a separate administration carved out of the state in a statement on Monday termed as a "blatant lie" a top government lawyer's submission to the Supreme Court that Chief Minister N Biren Singh has been meeting all "Kuki MLAs" in an effort to bring peace.
In a statement signed by the 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs including Paolienlal Haokip, who is a fierce critic of Biren Singh, the MLAs said they came to know that during a Supreme Court hearing on November 8, the Solicitor General of India submitted that the "Chief Minister is meeting all Kuki MLAs and [is] trying to bring the [Manipur] situation down to get peace."
The MLAs said the top government lawyer's submission was "a blatant lie and tantamount to misleading the Supreme Court" as they have not met the Manipur Chief Minister in the last 18 months - since ethnic violence broke out between the valley-dominant Meitei community and the Kuki tribes dominant in some hill areas of Manipur.
