The Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) will conduct a rally with the theme of safeguarding the territorial and integrity of Manipur on June 28.
COCOMI announced plans to organize a rally titled “Manipur Kanba Khongchat” from Thangmeiband Thao Ground to Khuman Lampak Main Stadium.
COCOMI urged all elected members, including MLAs and ministers, as well as bureaucrats, government officials, and civil society organizations (CSOs) to join the rally.
Addressing the media on Wednesday at its office, COCOMI coordinator Thokchom Somendro said that the state is experiencing a prolonged crisis with violence persisting for over a year and two months.
He said that the protests will be widespread, reflecting the public’s dissatisfaction with both state and central government policies, as Indian and Manipur governments are deceiving the people.
“The rally is scheduled to start at 9 am from Thangmeiband’s Thao Ground and will proceed to Khuman Lampak Main Stadium”, said Somendro.
Representing COCOMI, he invited all indigenous communities in Manipur to participate in the rally to protect the territorial integrity of the state.
He said that the Indian government must recognize the people of Manipur as citizens to resolve the conflict.
He alleged centre of undermining the authority of CM Biren and taking control of Manipur’s law and order while terming it as a strategy to prolong violence for geopolitical interests.
The rally’s slogans will express the people’s determination to safeguard Manipur’s integrity and reject oppressive measures by the Indian government, he informed.
During the rally, slogans will call for an end to narco-terrorism and the expulsion of narco-terrorists from Manipur. Additionally, the slogans will also demand the termination of the SoO agreement with narco-terrorists, the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to protect Manipur’s land, and decisive actions to end the ongoing chaos.
