The Road to Freedom: The Call for a Political Solution for the Kuki People.
The Road to Freedom: The Call for a Political Solution for the Kuki People Mr. Seilalmuon Haokip Info & Publicity Secretary, KSO Bangalore Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, Respected Church leaders, Kuki Inpi Karnataka (KIK) leaders, and KSO-Bangalore leaders, I extend my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunity to address this gathering today on a matter of immense importance: “The Road to Freedom: The Call for a Political Solution for the Kuki People.” Why does the road to freedom for the Kuki people necessarily mean a political solution? Because what we face is not just a crisis of governance—it is an existential crisis. Two years ago today, the dominant Meitei community massacred our people in broad daylight—not because we opposed their demand for Scheduled Tribe status, but because we stood in the way of their ambition to seize our ancestral land. This agenda had been pursued through various covert strategies even before the inception of Manipur’s statehood in 1972. It w...