𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗢𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄.

Protesters took out a rally at Singjamei in Imphal West district on Monday evening as part of Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) state-wide agitation over the concealing of the state’s name from a government bus.

The protesters holding bamboo torches demanded an apology from the governor over the concealing of the state’s name from the government bus with journalists on board, which was heading to the Shirui Lily festival in Ukhrul district on May 20. The incident occurred in the Gwaltabi area.

They raised slogans “Manipur cannot be divided, Manipur cannot be obliterated, governor must apologise or resign.”

The rally began from Kakwa and then covered for nearly 3 km till Singjamei before they were stopped by security forces and made to return.

The COCOMI announced that central offices in the state will be locked from Tuesday.