Action speaks louder than words: RPF chief-II
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 25 2018:
Myanmar is the immediate neighbour of Manipur and history clearly defines the relationship shared between peoples of the two countries.
Even after Manipur had been allegedly annexed by India, Myanmar people do not see Manipuris as Indians; they give more importance to their relationship with Manipur than with India as testified by their treatment of issues of Manipur separately, away from their bilateral relationship with India, Chaoren continued.
It is not very long back that Myanmar rescued itself from being overwhelmed by Indians demographically.
Moreover, Gol supported many militant groups which were waging wars against Government of Myanmar thereby posing serious hurdles to consolidation of Myanmar as a unified country.
Contributions of Manipuri cavalry known as Cassay Horse in the process of consolidation of Myanmar as a unified country and at times of aggression by external forces and creative works of Manipuri artisans are highly appreciated and respected by people of Myanmar.
"Manipur-Myanmar relationship which had passed through both cordial and hostile phases had withstood the test of time.
We must restrain ourselves from doing anything at the behest of GoI which may strain Manipur-Myanmar relationship and this will go a long way in determining the future of Manipur", Chaoren asserted.
"As for the incessant influx of mainland Indians, their ever-expanding settlements, diversification and monopolization of commercial activities and their rapid population growth, we must fight the issue ourselves rather than beseeching GoI to protect us from the population invasion for Gol will never do anything to safeguard us, the indigenous people of the land", the rebel chief opined.
Apart from its military approach to keep Manipur within India, Gol has been scheming to make Indians dominate the indigenous people demographically with the sinister objective of assimilating Manipuri people completely into the Indian society, the statement alleged.
It said that concrete measures must be taken up to counter this population invasion.
"Our people need to ensure that Indians living in Manipur are not given unlimited freedom and at the same time, Indians should know that they would be inviting strict vigil upon themselves if they fail to take the realities of Manipur with due seriousness", it conveyed.
To avoid such strict vigil, Indians working in Central Government or State Government offices and those searching for jobs in Manipur should never ever consider Manipur as their homeland and they must not overlook the existing deep-rooted political conflict between India and Manipur.
If they ignore this advice and challenge the collective aspiration of Manipuri people, they will be creating their own enemy, it said.
(To be contd) .