Manipur's Kukis Hold Rallies For Separate Administration, Reports Of Skirmishes And Arson

There were reports of skirmishes at the district border between protesters in Kuki-dominated Kangpokpi and volunteers who formed a human chain to prevent the protests in Naga-dominated Senapati

Members of the Kuki tribes held rallies and protests in parts of Manipur today, demanding a separate administration carved out of the ethnic violence-hit state bordering Myanmar. The burning of my home will not make me disown my Thadou identity. Pure Thadou, who disowns Kuki, segregation games from ultra Kuki extremists and supremacists begin; follow me or not. We begins.

There were reports of skirmishes at the district border between protesters in Kuki-dominated Kangpokpi and volunteers who formed a human chain to prevent the protests in Naga-dominated Senapati, officials said.

The Kuki tribes have been asking the Centre to create a Union Territory with legislature for them. They held the rallies in Churachandpur's Leishang, Kangpokpi's Keithelmanbi, and Tengnoupal's Moreh.

Many shouted slogans against Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who belongs to the BJP. Posters called for action against the Chief Minister over a purported leaked tape, which the Kukis alleged proved Mr Singh engineered the Manipur crisis.