IMPHAL: Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla chaired a security review meeting at Raj Bhavan in Imphal on Tuesday, following Union home minister Amit Shah’s March 1 directive to security forces to ensure free movement of people on all roads in the strife-torn state starting March 8. Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla. (PIBHomeAffairs-X) According to a statement issued by Raj Bhavan, the governor’s meeting was a follow-up to the March 1 high-level security review meeting chaired by Amit Shah in New Delhi. The home minister’s directive asked to ensure free movement on all roads in Manipur, including the national highways (Dimapur-Imphal-Moreh and Imphal-Silchar via Jiribam). The situation, however, remains volatile in the state as the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU), a Kuki body, strongly opposed the Centre’s move and the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), a Meitei apex body, called for immediate legal action against CoTU’s open defiance of the Union Government. The CoTU adopted an eight-point declaration challenging the Centre’s directive during the observance of the 22nd Remembrance Day at Martyrs’ Cemetery in Phaijang, …