Kuki-Zo groups demand reimposition of President’s Rule in Manipur

22 Oct 2026, 01:07 AM 4 min read

Kuki-Zo groups demand reimposition of President’s Rule in Manipur left The Kuki-Zo Council has reiterated its demand for a separate administration for the community. Special Arrangement President’s Rule was last imposed in the State from February 2025 to February 2026; Kuki-Zo groups say 32 members of their community have died in ethnic violence since March, while economic embargoes hurt Kuki-Zo villages New Delhi Kuki-Zo groups on Wednesday (October 21, 2026) demanded the re-imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur, claiming that at least 32 people from the community have been killed since March 2026.

President’s Rule was revoked in Manipur on February 4 this year after being imposed a year earlier, on February 13, 2025. Continuing violence in Manipur an indictment of BJP’s failure of governance: Congress Continuing violence in Manipur an indictment of BJP’s failure of governance: Congress Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah who would take responsibility for a “monumental failure of governance”, after four civilians were killed in the latest spate of violence in the State Continuing violence in Manipur an indictment of BJP’s failure of governance: Congress storyline 1 The Kuki-Zo Women’s Forum, Delhi said that at least 32 Kuki-Zo people, including two pregnant women and 10 other women, had been killed since March 2026 in violence it attributed to members of the Isak-Muivah faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) and the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF-Kamson).

The Forum also claimed that around 55 houses in 14 Kuki-Zo villages had been burnt during the period. ‘No Kuki-Zo deaths under Central rule’ At a press conference in Delhi, Kuki-Zo Council spokesperson Ginza Vualzong claimed that no Kuki-Zo civilian had been killed during the President’s Rule. The Council sought the reimposition of Central rule “in the interest of the safety, security, and dignity of the Kuki-Zo people”.

Several houses torched in abandoned Manipur village amid ethnic tensions Several houses torched in abandoned Manipur village amid ethnic tensions Khoikai Kuki village, located near Chassad village, was set ablaze by suspected militants around 5.30 a.m., police said Several houses torched in abandoned Manipur village amid ethnic tensions storyline 1 The organisation also reiterated its demand for a separate administration for the Kuki-Zo community in the form of a Union Territory with a legislature, arguing that the prolonged ethnic conflict in the State had eroded the community’s confidence in the existing administrative arrangement.

Economic hardships Mr. Vualzong added that prices of essential commodities in the Kuki-Zo-inhabited areas of Kangpokpi, Ukhrul and Kamjong districts and the Longpi area of Noney/Tamenglong had gone beyond the reach of ordinary people. He claimed that residents of Chassad and Aishi villages in Kamjong had faced an economic embargo, while supplies to villages in the Kotlen and Leilon areas of Kangpokpi had been obstructed.

He further accused the United Naga Council (UNC) of blocking commodities bound for Kangpokpi town at Namdilong and Senapati. One dead, several injured in clashes in Manipur's Thoubal district, prohibitory orders clamped One dead, several injured in clashes in Manipur's Thoubal district, prohibitory orders clamped District authorities imposed prohibitory orders restricting people from leaving their residences in the two affected areas where a few houses and vehicles were also burnt.

One dead, several injured in clashes in Manipur's Thoubal district, prohibitory orders clamped storyline 1 As a consequence, petrol prices had risen to ₹250 a litre and LPG cylinders to ₹5,000 in affected area, he said. ‘Political settlement needed’ “Manipur is not a security problem, it is a political problem and requires the solution accordingly,” he said, insisting that the continuing violence involving both the Meitei-Kuki-Zo conflict and more recent clashes involving Naga and Kuki-Zo groups demonstrated the need for a political settlement.

The ethnic violence between the Kuki-Zo and Meitei people which started on May 3, 2023 has claimed that lives of more than 350 people so far. Since February 7 this year, another wave of ethnic violence between the Kuki and Naga groups has erupted in the State.