Two major organisations belonging to the Meiteis and Kukis, the communities which have been fighting with each other in Manipur since May 2023, on Friday responded to the imposition of President’s Rule in the state in opposite ways.
The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an umbrella body of several Imphal-based civil society organisations of the Meiteis, described the Centre’s decision as “undemocratic” and “most unfortunate” and “a ploy to push the state into further turmoil”.The Kuki Inpi, on the other hand, termed the imposition of the President’s Rule as a “necessary intervention, albeit long overdue”.
