KANGPOKPI: The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) adopted key resolutions at a leadership consultative meeting held on Sunday, citing the absence of tangible solutions from the Manipur government to address the ongoing ethnic and security crises in the State.
According to CoTU spokesperson Lun Kpigen, the resolutions include the non-cooperation of all security forces stationed in Kangpokpi district and operating under the command of the Superintendent of Police, Senapati. The committee also resolved to deploy village volunteers across all fringe areas with immediate effect and review the ‘Free Movement’ along NH-2 and government activities if there is no swift response to its charter of demands.
CoTU had issued a five-point charter of demands following the killing of two Kuki youths and a woman farmer, along with the critical injuries sustained by two other civilians at Taphou Kuki village.
The charter includes demands for the removal of deputy chief minister Losii Dikho, rectification of police jurisdiction, stringent action against NSCN-IM and ZUF-K over alleged acts of aggression and threats to civilian security, and the removal of an alleged illegal NSCN-IM camp at Huthrong Brigade, Oklong, in Senapati district.
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The committee has also demanded the withdrawal of Central and State security forces operating under the command of the Senapati SP from Kangpokpi district, holding the existing security arrangement responsible for failing to ensure civilian safety and prevent repeated attacks on civilians.
The meeting comes following the conclusion of CoTU’s 48-hour total shutdown across Kangpokpi district at midnight on November 14, as the committee deliberated on its subsequent course of action.
