Outfit takes out rally in Imphal, protests demand for self-governance by Kukis

New Delhi, July 29

The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), one of the largest civil society groups in the strife-torn state, organised a massive rally in Imphal today to protest the demand by Kukis for ‘separate administration’.

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Thousands of protesters from five valley districts of the state participated in the rally, demanding no interference with the territorial integrity of Manipur where ethnic violence erupted in the beginning of May. The rally began at Thangmeiband in Imphal West district and culminated at Hapta Kangjeibunand in Imphal East, covering a distance of 5 km, officials said.

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They said the protesters were holding aloft placards and raised slogans against those who demanded separate administration, and against “illegal immigrants from Myanmar”. The rally passed off peacefully as it was organised on a day when a delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition coalition INDIA was in the state to assess the ground situation.