Meitei group rejects Government’s SoO pact extension with Kuki-Zo groups in Manipur

The Manipur Honesty Coordination Committee (Cocomi), one of the largest civil society groups in Manipur, refused to sign a pact of the decision taken by the center (SOO) by the center and reflects on the representation of indigenous people and the chosen representation ”.

Cocomi, who had talks with the Ministry of Interior (MHA) to find a roadmap for peace in Manipur, said that despite the “terrorist and criminal actions series alan committed by these groups, it is a decision against the interests of Manipur’s indigenous people.

The MHA and the Manipur government signed the “Rearrators and Conditions or Basic Rules or Basic Rules of the Conditions and Speaks with KUKİ-ZO rebel groups on Thursday, September 4, 2025. The development comes days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to Manipur on September 13, since the ethnic violence between the people of Kuki-zo and Meitei erupted on May 3, 2023.

The MHA agreed to open the National Highway-2 (Imphal-Dimpur), a KUKİ-ZO Council (KZC), a form of non-governmental organizations, for the free circulation of passengers and basic goods ”.

Cocomi said that the popular manipur government has unanimously decided to eliminate the SOO agreement with a cabinet decision on March 10, 2023.

Cocomi, on Friday, September 5, 2025, “In accordance with the current president’s rule, the letter and Spirit in the Spirit manipur people who lack the legitimacy of the new Delhi is managed by an authority.

The Indian government said that under the deceptive agreement of SOO, legitimacy and recognition to armed groups, which has created serious doubts about the role and responsibility of coping with narco-terrorism in the region.

“Goi was not unanimously accepted by the Manipur Legislative Assembly, which was taken to cancel SOO on 29 February 2024.

He added that the Indian Constitution guarantees free movement as a basic right to every citizen throughout the country. However, by turning it into a bargain chip with armed groups, the Indian government weakened its constitutional obligations.

Manipur was under the rule of the Presidency on February 13th. Since the people of Meitei and Kuki-zo broke out in the state on May 3, 2023, about 250 people have died and more than 60,000 people have been displaced from their homes.

Meanwhile, Bharatia Janata Party (BJP) legislator Khemchand Singh from Imphal West Y welcomed the reopening of the National Highway-2 Imphal-Dimapur Road. “This development constitutes an important milestone in the restoration of normality and is a remarkable development for all of us. … As we progress, I appeal to all concerns and other citizens, to leave the past differences to build a progressive and inclusive manipur as before, and to work collectively.