SENAPATI/UKHRUL: A video purportedly from Kangpokpi has gone viral on social media, showing a man allegedly taunting state transport goods trucks passing along National Highway-2 (NH-2) and threatening to block the highway again if certain demands are not met within seven days.
The video, shared by a Facebook account under the name Lalminlun Kipgen, captures the man using abusive language against the Meitei and Naga community while addressing trucks transporting essential supplies.
“Sak thu! (P*** Face) the Meitei community, we are sending the supply with love. If you do not fulfill our demand within seven days, we will block the road (NH-2),” the Facebook handle by the name Lalminlun Kipgen said.
In the video, the man with another accomplice is heard saying that supplies were being sent with love, while warning that NH-2 would be blocked if the demands were not fulfilled within seven days.
The circulation of the video has sparked concerns over commuter and transporter safety along the Kangpokpi stretch of NH-2, with social media users questioning the authorities’ response to such threats and the possibility of renewed disruption along the vital supply route.
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It may be noted that the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU), suspending its indefinite total shutdown for almost a week, on November 6 announced to give the Manipur government seven days time to address its demands, while warning that the agitation would be intensified if the government failed to meet them within the stipulated period.
The Kuki civil body based out of Kangpokpi also announced that democratic sit-in protests would continue at various locations during the suspension of the shutdown.
