In a big transfer to deal with the escalating insurgency and violence within the northeastern area of India, the Central authorities has declared several Meitei extremist organisations as “unlawful associations” under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The resolution, efficient Monday, November 13, 2023, goals to fight their “secessionist, subversive, terrorist, and violent activities.” The notification, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), states that these organisations have been concerned in assaults on safety forces, police, and civilians in Manipur, as nicely as actions detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India.
The Meitei extremist organisations, including the People’s 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 People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and its armed wing identified as the ‘Red Army,’ the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and its ‘Red Army’ wing, 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, have been designated as illegal associations.
The ban imposed on these organisations can be efficient for 5 years, commencing on Monday. The MHA asserts that the professed purpose of those groups is the “establishment of an independent nation by the secession of Manipur from India through armed struggle and to incite the indigenous people of Manipur for such secession.”
According to the MHA, the Meitei extremist organisations have been:
- Engaging in actions detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India.
- Employing and fascinating in armed means to realize their acknowledged targets.
- Attacking and killing safety forces, police, and civilians in Manipur
- Indulging in acts of intimidation, extortion, and looting of the civilian inhabitants to gather funds for his or her organizations
- Establishing contacts with overseas sources to affect public opinion and safe help within the type of arms and coaching for his or her secessionist targets
- Maintaining camps in neighboring international locations for sanctuaries, coaching, and clandestine procurement of arms and ammunition.
The actions of those organisations are thought of “detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India” and have been deemed “unlawful associations” by the MHA.
The MHA’s notification justifies the ban by stating that if these Meitei extremist organisations should not instantly curtailed and managed, they’ll exploit alternatives to:
- Mobilise their cadres to escalate secessionist, subversive, terrorist, and violent actions.
- Propagate anti-national actions in collaboration with forces hostile to the sovereignty and integrity of India.
- Engage within the killing of civilians and goal police and safety pressure personnel.
- Procure and introduce unlawful arms and ammunition from throughout worldwide borders.
- Extort and acquire substantial funds from the general public for his or her illegal actions.
The declaration is available in response to the continued violence in Manipur, the place at the least 178 folks have been killed and 50,000 displaced since ethnic violence erupted on May 3, 2023, between the dominant Meitei and tribal Kuki communities within the northeastern state. This ban on the Meitei extremist organizations underscores the federal government’s dedication to restoring regulation and order, making certain nationwide safety, and countering the menace of extremism within the area.
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