Officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Manipur government held two key meetings on January 13-14 to review the conduct of Meitei and Kuki-Zo insurgent groups. The groups were warned they will face strict action if they break ground rules. They must stop extortion and keep their fighters in designated camps. The United National Liberation Front–Pambei faction (UNLF-P), a Meitei group operating from Myanmar, was asked to return looted police weapons by April and reduce its 2,100-strong cadre to 1,200. UNLF-P must also hand over all weapons except those needed for camp security by next week. The peace committee, led by Manipur Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel, reviewed the ceasefire agreement signed in November 2023 after ethnic violence erupted in May. On January 14, a joint group reviewed ground rules with Kuki-Zo insurgents, including the United People’s Front and Kuki National Organisation (KNO), under a suspension of operations (SoO) pact. These groups must relocate seven camps away from conflict zones, surrender weapons, and verify cadre identity. The SoO agreement was renewed in September 2025 after the Manipur government had earlier refused renewal in 2024. MHA’s Northeast Adviser A.K. Mishra met Kuki-Zo Council chairman Henlianthang Thanglet to discuss the return of an elected government. Thanglet said people oppose Kuki-Zo legislators joining the government as separate administration demands remain unresolved. There are ten Kuki-Zo MLAs in the 60-member assembly, seven from BJP. "The two meetings centred around enforcement of ground rules, relocation of camps, infrastructure at camps, surrender of weapons, verification of cadres, control of extortion activities. Groups have been warned of action if a violation of ground rules is reported," said a senior official.