Archive · 7 Jun 2025
Meitei Alliance Urges Modi to Scrap Manipur Ceasefire With Kukis
The Meitei Alliance, a group representing the Meitei community, wants the government to end a special agreement with Kuki insurgent groups in Manipur.
They claim that these groups started the violence in May 2023 and have been using the agreement to do bad things.
The alliance believes that the agreement, called SoO, has allowed the insurgent groups to act like terrorists.
The alliance has asked the Prime Minister and Home Minister to remove the agreement because it's seen as a shield for the insurgents.
Meitei Alliance requests scrapping of the SoO agreement with Kuki insurgent groups.
The alliance claims Kuki groups instigated violence in Manipur.
Violence began in Manipur in May 2023.
The Meitei Alliance says the SoO agreement has been exploited.
The SoO agreement began in 2008.
- Who
- Meitei Alliance, Kuki insurgent groups, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
- What
- Meitei Alliance requests scrapping of the SoO agreement with Kuki insurgent groups.
- When
- May 3, 2023 (start of violence), 2008 (SoO agreement initiation).
- Where
- Manipur, India
- Why
- The Meitei Alliance believes the Kuki groups exploited the SoO agreement to instigate violence.
- Meitei Alliance Request
- Scrap SoO agreement
- Groups Involved
- Kuki insurgent groups
- Violence Start Date
- May 3, 2023
- SoO Agreement Started
- 2008
- Allegations Against Kuki groups
- Terrorism, exploitation of the agreement
