Earlier in the day, IDPs held sit-in demonstrations at multiple locations across the state.

Tension erupted in Imphal East, Manipur, this afternoon after security forces fired tear gas shells and resorted to lathicharge to disperse groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who attempted to storm the main venue of the Sangai Festival at Hapta Kangjeibung.

Members of the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (CoCOMI), along with large numbers of IDPs, have been urging the President Rule Administration to cancel the festival, which began today, citing the immense suffering they have endured for nearly 3 years.

As per sources, large groups of IDPs who have been living in relief camps marched towards the festival grounds and attempted to push through barricades at the festival venu

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