Maoist Communist Party, Manipur has lifted ban on Sangai Festival saying that the outfit would like to prove the people on promotion of Tourism Industries in the state by organising such festival. In a press statement said the party blamed certain business enterprises like KB Enterprises for interfering to the party matters without diagnosing the reason behind banning of the festival.
“The party challenged to see how much the tourism in Manipur could be promoted through this festival which has been an agenda of India Government without any intervention from the Party’s side”, the statement read. The Party said that they had been banning the festival since 2011.