International Meeteis Forum

[3] It declared that there was a "continuous influx of Kukis" from Myanmar and Muslims from Bangladesh, which was causing a "dangerous demographic change" in Manipur, which would render Meiteis to become a minority.

[31] In 2015, the Kuki Research Forum of scholars responded to a column written by R. K. Rajendro in The Sangai Express, calling his comments "incendiary", "communal" and "exclusivist".

Birendra (listed as the Organiser of IMF) wrote another column in the same newspaper, addressing the Kuki Research Forum scholars as "dear descendants of immigrants", and taking personal jibes about holding "double citizenship of both Manipur and Myanmar".

[12] In 2016, journalist Phanjoubam Chingkheinganba countered the narrative of branding Kukis as "foreigners", stating that it was generated by an elderly retired army officer, whose organisation consisted of "less than half a dozen persons".

[33] However, by 2019, R. K. Rajendro was being listed in the core committed of Federation of Haomee (FoH),[8] a much larger organisation founded on the back of the successful Inner Line Permit movement in Manipur.

[8] In 2022, scholar Haoginlen Chongloi noted that both IMF and FoH had been involved in spreading venomous hate speech directed at the Kukis for several years.

[38] The chief minister N. Biren Singh branded a human rights cum greater-Kukiland activist, Mark T. Haokip,[f] as "Myanmarese", despite he being a descendant of an Indian National Army freedom fighter.

Pramot Singh, the founder of Meitei Leepun, claimed in an interview on The Wire, that the Kukis were not "part of the family" of Manipur and described them as "tenants" in the state.

The districts of Manipur as of 2011. The districts in the middle, the Imphal valley: Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Bishnupur densely populated and dominated by the Meitei people, whereas the outer districts are primarily hilly, sparsely populated and dominated by non-Meitei peoples. The people in the valley are predominantly Hindu and those in the Hills are primarily Christians.