UKHRUL: The Kuki History & Identity Protection Committee (KHIPC) has stated that no Meitei will be allowed entry in Kuki land or Kuki areas without separate administration.
The KHIPC, in a statement, said that no Meitei individual or organisation, including the Chief Minister of Manipur, Y Khemchand Singh, shall enter Kuki land or Kuki areas, which include Churachandpur, Pherzawl, Chandel, Tengnoupal, and Kangpokpi districts, until the Government of India grants a separate Kuki State or Union Territory.
Reaffirming its unwavering stand to protect the Kuki boundary, history, identity, and the existing buffer zone, KHIPC stated that safeguarding the ancestral land, cultural heritage, and political rights of the Kuki people is their “foremost commitment”, and added that no compromise will be made on these fundamental issues.
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“The buffer zone must be strictly maintained to prevent further conflict and to protect Kuki lives, property, and identity,” it stated, while urging all Kuki people and CSOs to remain united and defend “their ancestral land”.
It added, “The KHIPC will continue to defend the rights and territory of the Kuki people through all democratic and constitutional means until the legitimate political aspirations of the Kuki people are fulfilled.”
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