𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬

Several Manipur-based organisations staged a mass protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, December 14, demanding the immediate, safe, and dignified return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their original homes in Manipur.

The protest was jointly organised by the Delhi Meetei Co-Ordinating Committee (DMCC), Manipur Students’ Association Delhi (MSAD), and United Kakching Students (UKS).

Addressing the gathering, organisers alleged criminal apathy, deliberate inaction, and political hypocrisy on the part of the Government of India in handling the ongoing Manipur crisis. The demonstrators asserted that displaced persons from both Meetei and Kuki communities continue to live in relief camps under unsafe and degrading conditions, more than a year after large-scale violence erupted.

Key demands raised by the protesters:

Immediate, safe, dignified, and unconditional return of all IDPs from both Meetei and Kuki communities, along with security, rehabilitation, and livelihood restoration.

Immediate dismantling of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) framework and an end to alleged state patronage of armed groups.

An end to alleged divide-and-rule policies and restoration of peace, unity, and constitutional order in Manipur.