IDPs to take out rally on Nov 22
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, November 12 2026: Displaced Meiteis currently taking shelter at different places across the valley districts are planning for a joint rally at Imphal on November 22 under the banner "Allow us to go back home" .

Speaking to media persons at Manipur Press Club here today, Apex Committee of Meitei IDPs' repre- sentative Leishangthem Brojendro Meitei said that the rally will start from THAU Ground, Thangmei-band and wind up at Khuman Lampak.

He said that all IDPs including children and elderly persons will take part in the rally.

Saying that the Apex Committee of Meitei IDPs will organise the rally, Brojendro informed that the apex committee was formed by seven committees of IDPs namely; CMUC Chu-rachandpur, Meitei Council Moreh, Torbung GP Victims' Committee, Apex Committee of Victim Villages, Imphal East; Com- mittee on Protection of Meitei Victims Moreh, Kangpokpi Meitei Union and Mandop Yumpham Relief Camp.

He appealed to all residents of the valley districts to extend moral support to the rally by suspending daily activities on November 22 .

Leishangthem Brojendro who is also the general secretary of Meitei Council Moreh said that the IDPs have been living a wretched life without any security or dignity for almost four years, away from their homes.

Except for the trifling financial aid which could not meet even the bare minimum necessities, the Government is yet to acknowledge the pain and suffering of the IDPs, he said.

Neither the N Biren Government nor the PR administration nor the Y Khemchand Government was/is able to resettle the IDPs.

The Government of India too has not been paying any attention to the prolonged humanitarian crisis, Brojendro said.

If the Government of India and the State Government have the intention, resettlement of IDPs is not a very difficult task.

The Government of India can definitely contain the violence.

New Delhi only needs to launch a military crackdown against those armed groups which started the armed aggression on May 3, 2023, and are opposed to and derailing all peace initiatives, he said.

It appears that the Government has been deliberately giving a free hand to these armed groups with a hidden agenda, he said.

Brojendro said that the rally will culminate with a public meeting where IDPs will adopt several resolutions including resettlement at their original places.

He added that the same resolutions would be placed before the Government for urgent action.

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