Kuki-Zo Council meets IB chief, seeks govt. action on blockade by Nagas
The Kuki-Zo Council met with Indian government officials to seek intervention regarding a blockade by Naga groups and to demand a separate administration. The region continues to face ethnic violence and supply shortages.
Why it matters
This reflects the ongoing, complex ethnic conflict in Manipur, which poses significant challenges to regional stability and governance.
As Naga groups continue to block the supply of essentials to Kuki-Zo areas in Manipur’s Kangpokpi, the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), an apex body of the tribes, met Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Mahesh Dixit and senior officials of the Union Home Ministry on Monday (July 13, 2026) seeking the Centre’s intervention to the crisis and expedition of political solution.
The KZC members said the restoration of the popular government in Manipur on February 4, a year after President’s Rule was imposed, has been of “no good” to them. They said at least 15 Kuki-Zo people were killed, and 14 villages of the community burnt down so far. Ginza Vualzong, KZC spokesperson, said Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh has “nothing much to do” with the Kuki-Zo people, who are now looking for a separate administration – a Union Territory with a legislature.
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