Imphal, Sep 5 (NNN): The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), a joint body of Meitei civil society organisations, has strongly condemned and opposed the Centre’s decision to extend the Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement with the “Chin-Kuki armed narco-terrorist groups”, as signed and announced on September 4, 2025, in New Delhi.
The COCOMI, in a statement, said on Friday that the extension of the SoO agreement “despite the series of terrorist and criminal acts committed by these groups is a decision that runs completely against the interests of the indigenous people of Manipur”. The COCOMI reaffirmed its stand to firmly oppose this “anti-people move” of the Government of India.
The popularly elected Government of Manipur had, through a cabinet decision on March 10, 2023, unanimously resolved to abrogate the SoO agreement, said the COCOMI.
Under the current President’s Rule, the administration is being run by an authority appointed from New Delhi, “which lacks the legitimacy to represent the people of Manipur in letter and spirit”, it alleged. The decision to extend the SoO under such circumstances is illegitimate and reflects an undemocratic and hegemonic imposition upon the indigenous people and its elected representatives of Manipur, the COCOMI added.
By extending overwhelming legitimacy and recognition to “armed Chin-Kuki narco-terrorist groups under the deceptive pact” of the SoO, the Government of India has raised serious doubts about its role and responsibility in dealing with “narco-terrorism” in the region, the COCOMI statement also said.
Since the introduction of the SoO in 2005 and 2008, such agreements have only shielded narco-terrorist armed groups while undermining the democratic will of the people, it further alleged.
