Imphal, Aug. 14 -- Two underground outfits of Manipur have announced a boycott of India's Independence Day 2025, appealing to people across the region to refrain from participating in the celebrations, which fall on Friday.

With these additions, a total of ten proscribed outfits have now called for the Independence Day boycott.

The two insurgent groups, in separate statements, called for a 12-hour statewide total shutdown from 5 am on Friday.

The armed Kangleipak Communist Party-Apunba (KCP-Apunba) has also imposed a 12-hour shutdown on August 15 from 5 am as part of its boycott of India's Independence Day celebrations in Kangleipak (Manipur).

The Alliance for Socialist Unity, Kangleipak (ASUK) has also called for a total shutdown on ...