The draft of a ‘Kuki-Zo People’s Referendum Ballot’ to decide whether the tribe wants a Union Territory carved out of Manipur’s hill districts has set the stage for potentially the second such exercise by any North-East community since the May 16, 1951, so-called plebiscite involving the region’s Naga people.
“Do you, as a Kuki-Zo person residing in Manipur, support creation of a UT comprising all Kuki-Zo villages, to be governed directly by Centre, ensuring safety, justice, and equitable development?” states the draft.
Meanwhile, Manipur’s Kuki-Zo Council withdrew on Thursday evening the indefinite shutdown in parts of the restive state after ayouth’s death in a March 8 clash with security forces over the resumption of “free movement” between the hills and the valley
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Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is curren...
Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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