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A cookie group has warned the Metei community against passing through their villages during the Shirui Lily Festival in Ukharul, Manipur on 20-24 May. The warning occurred when Manipur DGP was overseeing security arrangements in Ukharul.
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A cookie group has warned members of the Metei community against passing through their villages while going to a district in northern Manipur, where the state-level Shirui Lily Festival 2025 is scheduled to be held from 20 to 24 May.
The festival of being promoted by the state government celebrates the rare, endangered state Phool Shirui Lily that grows in the hills of Ukharul district, the houses of the Tangkhul Naga tribe and other Naga communities.
The group ‘Cookie Zo Village Volunteer – Eastern Zone’ in a statement gave his best wishes for the festival, and offered support to the Naga tribes; However, it was said that it would not allow mathis to pass through the cookie villages which are located on the way to Ukhul district.
In its statement on 11 May, the Cookie Group warned the Meitei community members, “We strongly advise all the members of the Meitei community to avoid entering or crossing our areas at any time. Any violation of this direction will be deliberately considered, and individuals can bear full responsibility for any result.”
This warning occurred when Manipur Director General of Police Rajiv Singh went to Ukharul for two days to oversee the security arrangements in front of the Shirui Lily Festival.
Director General of Police, Manipur made a two -day visit to Ukharul district to oversee the general law and order status and also assessed and reviewed security preparations for the upcoming Shirui Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Ukharul district from 20 to 24 May, 2025. pic.twitter.com/5ggo2rfclx
– Manipur Police (@Manipur_Police) May 11, 2025
Manipur is under the President’s rule.
The group ‘Cookie Zo Village Volunteer – Eastern Zone’ does not share the same name as Village Volunteers Eastern Zone, or Vvez.
While Vvez has not made a statement on the Shirui Lily Festival, earlier on March 8, the time frame for illegally conducted by Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and the time set for robbing weapons, VVEZ Published a video statement – Seven of its seven masked members in the camouflage and to take AK series and other assault rifles – saying that they would not launch weapons until their demand for a separate administration was met.
Manipur State Transport has announced a bus service timing from the state capital Imphal to Ukharul from May 20 to 24, who wants to visit the picturesque hill city popular with tourists.
Nagaland (Its-Muiva) or NSCN (IM) Naga rebellious group National Socialist Council, while replying to the May 11 statement of the Kueki Group, who is threatening members of the Miti community, who can visit Ukharul for the Shirui Lily Festival, it will not disturb any kind of wild attempt to “Kzvv-Ez.
The NSCN (IM) said that the festival also serves as a platform to raise awareness about environmental protection and cultural heritage of Tangkhul Naga and other Naga communities. In 2015, NSCN (IM) signed an outline agreement with the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, working to bring peace in Nagaland.
Dangkhul Dragon Rakir Kashar Consute:
“This is a challenge for every citizen of Manipur directly and shows that they (Kukis) are against peace,” said Mr. Kashar.
The Naga and Cookie Tribes fought in the 90s; Hundreds of people, including women and children, died.
Cookie tribes and mathis have been fighting many issues such as land rights and political representation since May 2023. More than 260 have died and around 50,000 have been displaced internally.
