Today is the 3rd continuous day of this protest/blockade by Kuki-Zo women. The women have stayed on the highway even at night, singing prayers.

They have good reason to fear & mistrust the convoy of Manipur police/ commandos. Since the beginning of the ethnic & communal violence, the Meitei-majority Manipur police & commandos have allowed members of the violent Meitei groups Meitei Leepun & Arambai Tenggol to wear police/ commando uniforms & to travel on police/ commando vehicles & have provided them with protection so they can commit their barbaric violence on Kukis. This is well-documented and videos of the same have been widely shared on SM. Biren Singh's BJP-led state govt is aware, so are senior police officals. IB also must be aware so must the Modi government, yet they refuse to step in & stop it. This is a clear example of state complicity in the violence against minority Kukis and one more reason to call the ongoing violence a genocide.

Since Manipur police/ commandos have not been neutral and support Meitei in committing ethnic & communal violence, Kukis have lost trust in them and only allow neutral Assam Rifles & BSF into their villages.