Imphal: In a significant development, a frontal organisation of the Kuki-Zo tribes in Manipur has claimed they are ready to establish a “self-governed separate administration” in areas dominated by them, “whether the centre recognises it or not”.
The statement by the hill-majority Kuki group Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) comes after months of ethnic unrest in the state bordering Myanmar, which has claimed 180 lives and internally displaced thousands.”It has been over six months and nothing has been done regarding our demand for a separate administration from the Manipur government.
