To get separate control, Kuki-Zo body to hold mass rally in 5 states

Imphal: Ten tribal MLAs, including ministers, met Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramathanga in Aizawl to garner support for their demand for “separate administration” (equivalent to a separate state) for the tribals in Manipur. requested his intervention to resolve the ethnic crisis in Manipur.
In a bid to intensify their demand for a separate administration for the tribals, Kuki-Zo tribals will hold rallies for the first time on November 29 in at least five other states besides Manipur.
Ginza Vualzong, senior leader of Manipur’s apex tribal body, Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), said on Saturday that Kuki-Zo tribals organized a mega rally on November 29 in Mizoram, Tripura, Delhi, Karnataka and will go Apart from various districts of Tamil Nadu, Manipur.
Zormathanga, who is president of the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), revealed that tribal MLAs from Manipur, including ministers, met him in Aizawl on Thursday.

And asked him to meet with Naga leaders present in Manipur and Nagaland. Asked to discuss race relations and chaos in a neighboring state.

He emphasized that the Manipur legislators, belonging to Kuki-Zo tribals, were committed to maintaining a good relationship with the Naga tribal community during this time of ethnic strife in Manipur.

“I have requested the Manipur tribal MLAs and Ministers to maintain close contact with the Union government and keep him informed of what is actually happening in Manipur,” he said.

The Chief Minister reiterated that the MNF stands in solidarity with the ethnic kindred brothers and sisters in Manipur and other neighboring states as well as Myanmar, Bangladesh, and other countries.

“Mizoram is for all the ethnic Mizos around the globe,” he stated while addressing party workers in Aizawl.

Zoramthanga, along with his Cabinet colleagues and MNF MLAs, had participated in the ‘Solidarity March’ organized by the NGOs Coordination Committee in Mizoram on July 25 to express solidarity with the Kuki-Zo tribals affected by the violence in Manipur.

Ten Manipur MLAs, including seven belonging to the ruling BJP, have been demanding separate administrations for the tribals in the state since the ethnic riots began in the state. The Central and state governments and BJP leaders have repeatedly rejected this demand and pledged to maintain a united Manipur.

The ITLF has been demanding the removal of Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh since the beginning of the ethnic strife.