Manipur is an integral part of India and cannot be divided: Manipur CM N Biren Singh

Guwahati: Manipur Chief minister N Biren Singh said that Manipur is an integral part of India and cannot be divided.

Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Manipur Statehood Day celebrations in Imphal, Biren asserted that all districts of Manipur are an integral part of the state.

Kuki bodies are demanding separate administrative units for the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities in the ethnic violence infested Manipur.


Biren said, “Let there be peace and prosperity in Manipur.”

A Kuki-Zo organisation has called for a ban on the Meitei Mayek script subject in both government and private schools in Moreh, a border town near Myanmar, effective from the upcoming 2025-26 academic year, Biren said, “There are so many organisations. We need to take seriously only those organisations which are recognised by the government, known by the government. We don’t care. State is governed by the government, not by any individual.”

He added, “All communities must try to bring peace.”
At least 250 people have been killed and over a thousand people injured in the ethnic violence between the tribal Kuki-Zo and the non-tribal Meitei people since May 3, 2023. More than 60,000 people have been displaced from their homes and villages and now staying in relief camps in different districts for the past 20 months.

The ethnic violence between the non-tribals Meiteis and tribal Kuki-Zo broke out in the northeastern state on May 3 2023 after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.