CM did not meet us, Centre lied in Supreme Court: Kuki-Zo MLAs

As many as 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs from Manipur, including those from the BJP, on Monday said the Centre’s submission in the Supreme Court last week that Chief Minister N Biren Singh had met all Kuki MLAs to bring peace in the state, was a blatant lie and amounted to misleading the court.

In a joint statement, the MLAs said they had not had any meeting with the Chief Minister since May 3, 2023, nor did they intend to meet him in the future as “he was the mastermind behind the violence”.

“We, the undersigned ten MLAs, have come to know that during the Supreme Court hearing held on November 8, 2024, the Solicitor General of India submitted that ‘CM is meeting all Kuki MLAs and trying to bring the situation down to get peace’. In this connection, we hereby categorically state that this submission is a blatant lie and tantamount to misleading the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India,” the statement said.

It further added that the ethnic cleansing of the Kuki-Zo people continued with the “brutal killing and burning of Zosangkim Hmar on November 7”. “We strongly condemn the barbaric killing of a defenseless woman by the Meitei militias inspite of heavy deployment of security forces in Jiribam district. We also condemn the Solicitor General’s unprofessional conduct of submitting arguments before the Supreme Court, without cross checking the facts,” it added.