National team's Manipuri footballer Jeakson Singh created a flutter on July 4 night by wrapping himself in a Meitei flag while collecting his individual medal after India beat Kuwait in the final of the SAFF Championship.
The flag Jeakson wrapped himself in, is called Flag of Kangleipak or Salai Taret Flag — a rectangular seven-colour flag which represents the seven clan dynasties of the Meitei ethnicity in ancient Manipur.
The North-Eastern State is in turmoil since ethnic clashes broke out between Meitei and Kuki communities in May.
