[citation needed] However, during the late nineties, it declared a unilateral decision not to target the Manipur Police.

[citation needed] In 1989, a political wing called the Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) was formed.

[3] The RPF formed a government in exile in Bangladesh, led by Irengbam Chaoren, and began a restructuring of the organisation.

On 29 July 2020, three Indian soldiers in the Assam Rifles were killed and six injured in an ambush in Manipur's Chandel district near the Indo-Myanmar border.

[4] Through the 2023 Manipur violence, the separatist PLAM as well as Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) witnessed a surge in recruitment of new and previously surrendered soldiers.