CONG BATS FOR SPECIAL MANIPUR ASSEMBLY SESSION AS KUKI-ZOS SEEK SEPARATE ADMINISTRATION

The Opposition Congress in Manipur has requested Governor Anusuiya Uikey to convene an emergency session of the assembly to discuss the “ongoing unprecedented turmoil” in the state. The assembly is the most appropriate forum to discuss the situation and get suggestions on how to restore peace in the state rocked by ethnic strife since early May, the five Congress MLAs including CLP leader Okram Ibobi Singh said in a letter to the governor.

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“We... seek your constitutional intervention to our urgent demand to convene an emergency session of the Manipur Legislative Assembly... (for discussing) the ongoing unprecedented turmoil for the last almost three months in Manipur,” the letter read. It claimed that Chief Minister N Biren Singh did not pay heed to the requests that came from several quarters for an emergency session of the assembly for a debate on the issue. 

Manipur’s Kuki-Zo community on Thursday demonstrated in the Kangpokpi district to press their demand for a separate administration for the tribe. The demonstrators also demanded that the Centre hold “proper talks” with Kuki groups who had earlier signed a Suspension of Operations (SoO) pact with the government.