A leader of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum, a major Kuki-Zomi organization in Churachandpur, Wednesday gave an ultimatum that it will set up a “self government” if its demands are not met in two weeks, “whether the central government recognises it or not.
This statement was made by Muan Tombing, General Secretary of the ITLF, to media persons on the sidelines of a rally held by the body in Churachandpur on Wednesday.
“It has already been six months but nothing of our demand, that is of separate administration from the Manipur government, has been addressed. So, if the voice that we have raised in the rally is not heard, in a couple of weeks, we will set up our self government whether the central recognises it or not…,” he said, in a video widely circulated. He did not respond to calls by The Indian Express for comments on this matter.
He made this statement during a large rally organised by the ITLF “against atrocities on Kuki-Zo tribals.” According to a statement by the body, the rally was held to protest crimes against Kuki-Zomi civilians and it alleged “the cherry-picking of cases by police and central investigating agencies like CBI and NIA to appease the majority Meitei community at the expense of minority tribals.”
