'No tax to GPRN/NSCN/KTU',re-affirms Kuki Civil Society Orgnisations
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Kangpokpi, October 23 2014: The Kuki civil society organisations including Kuki Inpi Sadar Hills and its frontal organisations, Sadar Hills Women Union, KSO-Sadar Hills and area wise Kuki Chiefs'; Associations within Sadar Hills have unanimously reaffirmed their stand not to endorse and give any type of taxes or donation to GPRN/NSCN/KTU in a general body meeting held today at Kangpokpi.

The Kuki CSOs within Sadar Hills also re-affirmed its stand to ban collection of any taxes or any types of donation in any Kuki inhabited areas within Sadar Hills Manipur by any other organisation.

The agenda of KTU in collecting taxes from Kuki villages implicates the communal attitude of GPRN/NSCN, pointed out the Kuki CSOs in the meeting and asserted that "No Kuki village will pay any type of taxes to GPRN/NSCN/KTU and its constituent units or frontal organisations." This is the standpoint of the CSOs of Kukis in Manipur.

The Kuki CSOs further pointed out that the repeated demand of taxes to Kuki villages within Sadar Hills by KTU transparently reflects GPRN/NSCN design to sow seeds of discord among the Kuki and Naga by using Kuki Tribal Union(KTU) for collection of taxes to Kuki villages.

While urging to withdraw and cancel its orders with immediate effect for a long lasting peace among the two communities, the collective leadership of the Kukis had earlier rejected outright the orders of GPRN openly in all leading newspapers of the state on March 12 .

Cautioning the GPRN to mind and check their tongue in the name of KTU in future course so as to avoid communal tension, the Kuki CSOs reminded the GPRN that the Kukis were peace loving people.

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