TNL flays Imp-Ukl highway shutdown
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Mungchan Zimik
UKHRUL, Mar 14: The Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL) has come down heavily against the Kuki community and has vehemently opposed the imposition of a total shutdown on Imphal-Ukhrul road by the ‘so-called Kuki CSO Working Committee, Ukhrul.’
The TNL has also demanded that the two vehicles, Baleno (MN06-LB1872) and Maruti Alto (MN01W-5227), which were intercepted and seized along with passengers and their personal effects on March 11, 2026 by Kuki militants at Shangkai village under Litan police station, be returned immediately.
The authorities concerned must initiate necessary measures to retrieve the illegally seized properties belonging to innocent civilians and students from the unlawful Kuki group, the Tangkhul body asserted.
According to a TNL press statement, the bandh called on the lifeline of Ukhrul and Kamjong, which connects the region to the rest of the world, is outrightly unacceptable under any terms.
This act of the Kuki organisation also contradicts the ruling of the Supreme Court of India which clearly stated that bandhs violate citizens’ fundamental rights to freedom of movement, liberty, and livelihood, and cause significant public and economic disruption.
The State Government, therefore, must intervene immediately to clear National Highway 202-A and ensure free movement along the Imphal-Ukhrul road without delay, the TNL said.
The authorities concerned must also requisition additional security forces and deploy ROP on a 24X7 basis at highly sensitive areas along the road to check and control any hindrances caused to innocent commuters and transporters, and to ensure free passage along the route.
The TNL further demanded that the authorities book the so-called unlawful Kuki organisation and initiate necessary action as per the law of the land, to the extent of banning the Kuki CSO Working Committee, Ukhrul.
UKHRUL, Mar 14: The Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL) has come down heavily against the Kuki community and has vehemently opposed the imposition of a total shutdown on Imphal-Ukhrul road by the ‘so-called Kuki CSO Working Committee, Ukhrul.’
The TNL has also demanded that the two vehicles, Baleno (MN06-LB1872) and Maruti Alto (MN01W-5227), which were intercepted and seized along with passengers and their personal effects on March 11, 2026 by Kuki militants at Shangkai village under Litan police station, be returned immediately.
The authorities concerned must initiate necessary measures to retrieve the illegally seized properties belonging to innocent civilians and students from the unlawful Kuki group, the Tangkhul body asserted.
According to a TNL press statement, the bandh called on the lifeline of Ukhrul and Kamjong, which connects the region to the rest of the world, is outrightly unacceptable under any terms.
This act of the Kuki organisation also contradicts the ruling of the Supreme Court of India which clearly stated that bandhs violate citizens’ fundamental rights to freedom of movement, liberty, and livelihood, and cause significant public and economic disruption.
The State Government, therefore, must intervene immediately to clear National Highway 202-A and ensure free movement along the Imphal-Ukhrul road without delay, the TNL said.
The authorities concerned must also requisition additional security forces and deploy ROP on a 24X7 basis at highly sensitive areas along the road to check and control any hindrances caused to innocent commuters and transporters, and to ensure free passage along the route.
The TNL further demanded that the authorities book the so-called unlawful Kuki organisation and initiate necessary action as per the law of the land, to the extent of banning the Kuki CSO Working Committee, Ukhrul.