Protests, peace appeals mark a year of Manipur ethnic conflict

GUWAHATI: Seven women shaved their heads and cycled 19km to promote peace and unity in Manipur on Friday to mark a year of the ethnic conflict in the state, reports Prabin Kalita.
The women clad in black rode from Sekmai, a village on outskirts of Imphal, to historic Kangla. They carried placards reading “We want peace”, “No to separate administration”, “Protect territorial integrity”.

“Today we again remember the atrocities committed on farmers, daily wage earners...,” M Sobita Devi, a Meira Paibi functionary said at Kangla.
Over 225 people have been killed and 60,000 displaced in the strife.
Kuki Inpi Manipur

, the apex body of all Kuki tribes, has submitted a memorandum to PM Modi underlining that a “separate administration is the only viable solution”. It has also called for stringent safety measures to ensure safety of

Kuki-Zo people

, besides recovery of bodies or missing people.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at PM Narendra Modi, calling the Centre’s approach to Manipur “indifferent and cold-hearted”. “A remorseless PM Modi has not set foot in this border state. His ego has damaged the social fabric of a beautiful state,” Kharge wrote on X.