CoTU calls bandh to mark 'Separation Day'
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, October 02 2025:
The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU), Sadar Hills, has announced that it will observe October 3, 2025, as "Separation Day" with a 12-hour total shutdown along National Highway-2 between 6 am and 6 pm .
In a public notice issued today, CoTU reiterated that the ongoing conflict which erupted on May 3, 2023, remains unresolved even after nearly three years, holding the former BJP-led State Government under N Biren Singh and MP Sanajaoba accountable for the State's deepest ethnic divide.
Since the outbreak of violence, CoTU has been observing the 3rd of every month to honour the "brave and beloved brethren and fallen heroes" .
"This October 3rd will be observed with full fervour as 'Separation Day' to remind the Government of India that the Kuki-Zo community has already been physically and demographically separated from the Meitei community," CoTU declared.
As part of the observance, all business establishments, academic institutions, and markets along the route will remain closed, with the exception of medical emergencies and funeral processions, which will not fall under the purview of the shutdown, it said.




