COCOMI urges GoI to note CoTU, ITLF agenda
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, February 11 2025: The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) has urged the Government of India to recognise the systematic agenda of the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) and the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) and take firm measures to hold accountable any individual, organisation or group that justifies instability and violence as a means to pursue their political ambitions.

The COCOMI has also strongly condemned the recent statements issued by CoTU and ITLF which clearly reflected their strategy of adapting to shifting political circumstances in order to achieve their ultimate goal of separate administration.

COTU and ITLF have been consistently seeking new justifications to sustain unrest, making their own people suffer while capitalising on their discontent to push their vested political agenda, COCOMI said in a press release.

Even when the Chief Minister of Manipur was assumed to be stepping down for the larger good, COTU found another pretext to continue their movement for separate administration, it said.

It is now evident that whatever reasons or justifications COTU, ITLF and their allies put forth, their sole objective remains the same which is to create circumstances that validate their long-standing demand for separate administration.

Their agenda has evolved and escalated over time from seeking separate administration to create an exclusive Kukiland, further advocating for a merger with Mizoram under the concept of greater Mizoram, then to a proposed Zoland or Zalengam, and ultimately aligning with the Chin State of Myanmar with aspirations for a larger Christian State under the BURMA Act of the United States, the COCOMI said.

It then urged the Government of India to recognise this systematic agenda and take up appropriate measures.

The people of Manipur deserve peace, stability and a resolution that upholds the integrity of the State, it added.

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