Meitei Alliance lashes out at Govt for its "failures"
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, May 02 2026: Even as the prolonged Manipur conflict is set to complete 3 years on May 3, 2026, the Meitei Alliance, in a statement today, has said it holds the Government accountable for multiple failures, including its inability to restore peace and public order, provide adequate security for life, property, and livelihoods, and open the National and State highways.

The Manipur conflict since May 3, 2023 has killed or injured hundreds of people, destroyed hundreds of homes and displaced thousands.

While sincere peace efforts on the part of the Government has been lacking, in recent months, there has been an increase in intra and intertribal tensions and violence, within and among Kuki-Chin-Zo groups, between Kuki and Tangkhul groups, and tensions between Kuki groups and Mao, Poumai, and others.

These developments point to an increasingly complex and deteriorating security situation despite heavy militarisation, with the role of communal armed proxies becoming increasingly dominant, said the Meitei Alliance.

Even as the larger conflict remains unresolved, and is marking 3 years on May 3, the Meitei Alliance said it is reiterating its position that the territorial integrity of Manipur, along with the unity of its people, peace, and development, must not be compromised.

The Government, the Alliance said, has failed to invest in durable and inclusive solutions to the crisis.

"Instead, a divisive approach has been adopted, in which reactionary forces have been instrumentalised to deepen communal divides and suppress broader popular movements seeking democracy and equitable development," it said.

The Meitei Alliance further accused the Government of enforcing a divisive "buffer zones" within the State, and criticised the Government's failure to address the humanitarian concerns of internally displaced persons.

The Alliance called on the people, across all communities, to recognise the gravity of the situation affecting all, to remain united, and to hold the Government accountable - in both spirit and action - for the restoration of peace and the strengthening of democracy.

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