In a decisive move, sixteen Kuki-Zo village chiefs along the Indo-Myanmar border have jointly declared “total non-cooperation” with the Government of India’s ongoing border fencing project, stating that no land compensation or negotiation will be entertained until their political demands are met and peace returns to Manipur.

“This is not about money—it is about our rights, our land, and our survival,” the chiefs declared in a strongly worded communiqué on Monday.

The statement slams the Government of India’s push for border fencing and the scrapping of the Free Movement Regime (FMR), warning that the moves strike at the heart of borderland communities’ identity, mobility, and ancestral lands.

The chiefs reminded that repeated press releases, memorandums, and rallies from the Kuki-Zo com

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