New Delhi: The Kuki and other tribal communities have been protesting in the national capital against the Manipur government’s alleged failure to protect their communities across the country.Following the violence in Manipur, a group of students from the Meitei community allegedly attacked Kuki students in Delhi University’s North Campus.The protests demanding the restoration of normalcy and peace in Manipur and other states have been going on since May 29 at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.The Wire visited the protest site at Jantar Mantar on May 31.The road from the Janpath metro station that led to the protest ground was heavily barricaded. The police and rapid action force officers were instructing those who wanted to go towards the protest ground to take a narrow lane through the Janpath market.Police barricades at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on May 31, Wednesday. Photo: Aditya F. SenOn reaching the protest site, a student from the Kuki community was narrating an incident wherein her university dorm was attacked after violence erupted in Manipur. She said she had to lock herself in the bathroom to escape any harm. Expressing her anxious condition at the time, she said he could not even call her Meitei friends for help.Another speaker, who’s also from the Kuki community, described how a Kuki tribal leader’s car was attacked in Manipur and his driver was killed. He also claimed that no media outlet had reported this incident.The protesters said they expect the government to officially acknowledge their demands to protect the rights of the Kuki community.They said the state machinery, including the police force and the chief minister, have failed to to protect Manipur’s tribal communities.They demanded that the Union government restore normalcy and peace in Manipur and other states where violence has spread, by giving the Kuki/Zomi tribes separate administrative and legislative authority over their communities.One of the speakers at the protest praised Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Manipur. She spoke about the continuous attacks on the Kuki community by Meiteis, and the government’s requests to the former to come in peace. They also expressed their confidence in the Union government’s ability to listen to their demands and restore peace.Aditya F. Sen is an intern at The Wire.