November 2023

UNLF Manipur - an Intro

• The United National Liberation Front's movement began as a result of several similar movements with the same political agenda. The outfit was founded on 24 November 1964.
• The NIA, in September 2012, acknowledged that "the activities carried out by the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) are for bringing sovereignty in the state of Manipur."
• Rajkumar Meghen alias Sana Yaima is the current Chairman of UNLF.
• The outfit’s armed wing is called the MPA (Manipur people’s Army). It operates in Chachar in Assam and Jiribam valley. They supported pakistan in the 1971 war and had links with National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Khaplang (NSCN (K)), China.
• In 1979 their leader and 16 other Meitei leaders went to Lhasa. They had their camps in Myanmar and Bangladesh too.
• The United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the oldest valley-based armed group of Manipur have signed a historic peace agreement with the 🇮🇳 Government of India.
• [!] "UNLF, the oldest valley-based armed group of Manipur has agreed to renounce violence and join the mainstream. I welcome them to the democratic processes and wish them all the best in their journey on the path of peace and progress." - Home Minister, Amit Shah said on X.

December 2023

Assam Rifles has destroyed 25000 to 30000 illegal Cannabis Plantations worth ₹1.5 Crores in Tripura on 13th Dec.

• Now you know why Campaign was run against Assam Rifles to malign it's image in Manipur!
• Assam Rifles is actually leading the war against Drug Mafia in North-east.

January 2024

Delisting Kukis and Zomis from ST list

Centre asks Manipur government to study delisting Kukis, Zomis from ST list

September 2024

Long range rocket used by Kuki militants

• For the first time, Long-range Rocket and Armed Drone attacks reported in Manipur by Kuki militants.
• Foreign hand suspected to destabilize Manipur & Nagaland!
• CM Biren calls it act of Terrorism, help from NSG asked.

October 2024

Western NGOs adding fuel to fire in Manipur

• Western missionaries, backed by American Baptist Church, are exploiting ethnic fault lines in Manipur, Foreign Evangelists’ Cyber Monitoring Desk told Sputnik India.
• Blacklisted American "street preacher" Daniel Stephen Courney incited the Kuki people against the Government of India and Meitei Hindus, referring to them as an "enemy" during his speech at a Kuki refugee camp in Manipur last August, just weeks after ethnic violence erupted between Meiteis and Kukis.
• Courney managed to sneak into India last August despite being blacklisted. He had been deported from India in 2017 for violating his tourist visa norms and engaging in missionary activities Current updates - Video

How US Deep State-Linked Baptist NGOs Fan Flames of Violence in Manipur

• As Indian authorities strive to bridge the divide between the Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur, Western missionaries — reportedly supported by the US Baptist Church — have been accused of exploiting the region's ethnic fault lines.

• Schemes by non-governmental organisations, particularly those affiliated with the US Baptist Church, to exploit religious divisions in Manipur and other northeastern states have raised significant concerns in India.

• "The biggest project of the US Baptist Church in India right now is 'Nagaland for Christ,' which is supported by banned militant groups like the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and other separatist organisations," stated the Foreign Evangelists' Cyber Monitoring Desk (Kohima), part of the Indian non-profit Legal Rights Observatory (LRO), in an interview with Sputnik India.

• "Dozens of Western missionaries, including those from the US and other Western countries, are present in Nagaland. Many of them have in the past have disregarded tourist visa norms and engaged in religious work."

• The LRO group reported that another notorious organisation based in the US, the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM), has been conducting preaching events in India.

• "An Australian citizen (name withheld), currently living in Meghalaya, has been actively proselytising on behalf of SIM among the Garo tribes along the Meghalaya-Assam border. SIM has a reputation of engineering conversions in Africa. We are closely tracking their activities," the group stated.

• Last August, LRO kept a close eye on the movements of Daniel Stephen Courney, a blacklisted American "street preacher" and US Army veteran. He delivered an incendiary sermon at a Kuki refugee camp in Churachandpur district, Manipur, only weeks after violent clashes erupted between the Meitei and Kuki communities.

• "Courney managed to sneak into India last August despite being blacklisted," the group told SI.

• In above video of Courtney's speech posted on YouTube, the American preacher can be heard inciting the Kuki people against the Government of India and the Meitei Hindus, referring to them as an "enemy."

November 2024

Spike in the populations of Kuki compared to other tribes

February 2025

Art 356 imposed 11 times, since 1950

• Since the Constitution came into force in 1950, Article 356 has been imposed 134–135 times in the country and 11 times—some say 10—in Manipur alone.
• Crisis that has held Manipur in its grip since 3 May 2023, the President's rule was imposed on february 2025.
• The tribals have welcomed Article 356, but COCOMI, a civil society group of Meiteis, has slammed it.
• Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s resignation in the face of a no-confidence vote in the Assembly—which he could not win.
• state wracked by 21 months of violence that has left over 250 dead, more than 60,000 displaced.

CM Biren resigns

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigns. Resignation two hours after he met Home Minister Amit Shah.

Protected Area Regime imposed

• Centre re imposes - Protected Area Regime amid security concerns arising out of influx from neighbouring countries, therefore foreigners will have to seek permission and permits to visit the 3 states: Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland.

President rule imposed on 13th february

• Based on the report submitted by the Governor of the state.
• It was concluded that the state government was not carried in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of India.
• Thus, Article 356 was invoked and the President's rule is imposed with the MHA issuing the notification.
• The legislative assembly of the state has not been dissolved , but in suspended animation. ¹
• The National highways 2 and 37, which connects the land locked Imphal valley to Nagaland and Assam respectively remained blocked due to the violence in the state, as it passes through the areas inhabited by Kuki - Zo people. ¹

Governor's with strong experience in internal security

• Former Home secretary AK Bhalla appointed as Governor of Manipur
• General VK Singh appointed as Governor of Mizoram
  • served in North East especially Assam and Meghalaya
  • he was the IO during the 1971 war
  • ["] "The world has forgotten the atrocities committed in Bangladesh. I don't think the people of Bangladesh of that period have forgotten, but the coming generations probably have found it easier to put it somewhere in the corner" - General VK Singh for 1971 war
• Governor urged all communities to surrender looted or illegal weapons within 7 days for peace. No action will be taken if returned on time, strict action follows.

July 2025

Puneet Kumar Goel - New Chief Secretary

• 1991 batch IAS officer ¹
• Example of inter cadre deputation
  • he is from Arunachal Pradesh - Goa - Mizoram and UTs (AGMUT) cadre
• he replaces Prashant Kumar Singh, who is now appointed as the Secretary of NCST

References

Footnotes

1. Manipur Opium Politics ↩ ↩² ↩³