New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- The Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex civil body representing the Kuki-Zo people, has submitted a memorandum to the central Home Minister highlighting what it described as grave, prolonged and unresolved concerns confronting the community in Manipur.
The council said the issues are existential in nature and require urgent constitutional and political intervention by the Government of India.
In the memorandum submitted, the KZC said the Kuki-Zo people have endured immense suffering for nearly three years following ethnic conflict with the Meitei community.
According to the council, more than 250 Kuki-Zo lives have been lost, over 7,000 houses burnt, 360 places of worship desecrated or vandalised, and more than 40,000 p...