Kuki MLAs meet CSOs in Mizoram
Source: Chronicle News Service
AizwL:, May 17 2023:
At least nine Kuki MLAs of Manipur and various civil society groups from the hill areas of Ma-nipur held a meeting in Mizoram capital Aizawl on Wednesday and discussed the prevailing situation in Manipur, a leader of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) said.
The ITLF, comprising civil so-ciety organisations of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo-Zomi -Hmar group in Manipur, was recently formed during an eviction drive that preceded the strife.
According to the ITLF leader, Kuki legislators from Manipur and ITLF leaders held a consul-tative meeting on Wednesday evening to review the situation in the state and discuss the po-litical agenda and future course of action.
The discussion in the meeting centred on security issues, the demand for a sepa-rate administration for Kukis and relief measures.
We are holding the meeting in Aizawl as we feel safer here than in Manipur at present and our future meet-ings will also be held in Mizoram, he said adding that Kukis share ethnic ties with Mizos.