Kuki National Organisation

The Kuki National Organisation (KNO) is an umbrella body of Kuki-Zo armed groups operating in the hill districts of Manipur in northeast India and across the border in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. Founded on 24 February 1988, it functions as a political front advocating a Kuki homeland called Zale'n-gam, and as the political wing of the Kuki National Army (KNA), with around two dozen smaller militant outfits affiliated to it. P. S. Haokip has led the body since its founding and styles himself the supreme commander of the KNA. Its spokesperson is Seilen Haokip.