The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday pronounced quite a few Meitei Extremist Organizations, together with their factions, wings, and entrance organizations, as illegal associations beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for a period of 5 years. The record of the organizations deemed illegal encompasses the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and its political counterpart, the Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF); the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and its navy department, the Manipur People’s Army (MPA); the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and its armed division; and the Red Army.
Also, the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and its armed wing additionally known as the Red Army; the Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup (KYKL); the Coordination Committee (CorCom); and the Alliance for Socialist Unity Kangleipak (ASUK) together with all their factions, wings and entrance organisations as illegal associations for a interval of 5 years.
The ministry made the announcement by a notification pointing that the motion is taken by exercising “the powers conferred by the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 3 of the said Act”.
As per the notification, the order will likely be efficient from Monday (November 13, 2023) for a interval of 5 years. “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby declares the Meitei Extremist Organisations, namely, the Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) and its political wing, the Revolutionary Peoples’ Front (RPF), the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and its armed wing, the Manipur Peoples’ Army (MPA), the Peoples’ Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and its armed wing, the “Red Army”, the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and its armed wing, also called the “Red Army”, the Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup (KYKL), the Coordination Committee (CorCom) and the Alliance for Socialist Unity Kangleipak (ASUK) along with all their factions, wings and front organisations, as unlawful associations,” reads the notification.
The MHA stated the motion is predicated on inputs that every one the Meitei Extremist Organisations– the PLA and its political wing RPF, the UNLF and its armed wing MPA), the PREPAK and its armed wing “Red Army”, the KCP and its armed wing additionally known as the “Red Army”, the KYKL, the CorCom and the ASUK– have as their professed intention of building an impartial nation by secession of Manipur from India by armed wrestle and to incite indigenous individuals of Manipur for such secession.
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Besides, the MHA stated, these Meitei Extremist Organisations have been participating in actions prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India and using and fascinating in armed means to attain their targets of attacking and killing the safety forces, Police and civilians in Manipur.
“Indulging in acts of intimidation, extortion and looting of the civilian population for collection of funds for their Organisations; making contacts with sources abroad for influencing public opinion and for securing their assistance by way of arms and training for the purpose of achieving their secessionist objective; and maintaining camps in neighbouring countries for the purpose of sanctuaries, training and clandestine procurement of arms and ammunition,” MHA notification learn.
The Ministry additional stated the actions of the Meitei Extremist Organisations are thought-about “detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India and that they are unlawful associations”. Considering all these details, the MHA stated there was a necessity for quick curb and management of the Meitei Extremist Organisations as they’re suspected of taking the chance to mobilize their cadres for escalating their secessionist, subversive, terrorist and violent actions; propagate anti-national actions in collusion with forces inimical to sovereignty and integrity of India; bask in killings of civilians and focusing on of the police and safety power personnel; procure and induct unlawful arms and ammunitions from throughout the worldwide border and extort and accumulate large funds from public for his or her illegal actions.
