Bus Incident: Manipur Group Announces Civil Disobedience

Bus incident: Manipur group announces civil disobedience

The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity declared the ‘public boycott’ of Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla after the expiry of its 48-hour general strike

‘Manipur’ signage removal row: Meitei apex body to launch 2nd phase of agitation

Imphal, May 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) After a 48-hour shutdown, the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), the Meitei community apex body, will start their second phase of agitation from Sunday in protest against the removal of the state’s name from a government bus on May 20. The COCOMI on Saturday announced a series of intensified agitations, including a daily gherao at the main gate of the Governor’s bungalow starting on Sunday. COCO…

Manipur Is not negotiable: COCOMI sparks statewide uprising over identity insult

GUWAHATI, May 24: Manipur has erupted into a coordinated and statewide mass agitation after the expiry of a 48-hour ultimatum demanding an apology from the Governor for what many see as an attack on the state’s core identity. The restriction on using the name “Manipur” on MST buses during the Shirui Festival on May 20 — an act that COCOMI and civil society call an outrageous insult. With no apology forthcoming, COCOMI (Coordinating Committee on …

Effigies Of Manipur Officials Torched

Imphal, May 23: Tensions escalated in Imphal West district on the second day of the 48-hour general strike called by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), as protestors burned effigies of top officials, intensifying demands for their resignation. Effigies of Manipur Chief Secretary, P.K. Singh, Director General of Police, Rajiv Singh, and Security Advisor to the Manipur Government, Kuldiep Singh were set ablaze at multiple pr…