UCM to fight with all strengths, if GOI-IM talks disintegrates Manipur
Source: Hueiyen News Service / JNN
Imphal, September 24 2014:
The United Committee Manipur (UCM) and various other Civil society organizations in the state offered tribute to the martyrs of the Great June 18 Uprising at the Kekrupat Memorial Complex on the concluding day of the Langban Heitha Leithaba (Tarpon) observance today.
Talking to media persons on the sidelines of the observance, UCM president Y Nabachandra said paying obeisance to the departed souls during Langban Heitha Leithaba (Tarpon) observance has been a religious ritual in Manipur society since long time back.
'We offer tribute to the departed souls of the 18 heroes to commemorate their supreme sacrifice for the cause of territorial integrity of Manipur', he said.
Referring to the plan of a delegation of the NSCN (IM) to hold talks with the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi to bring about a solution to the 17 year-long unresolved peace talk between the GOI and NSCN (IM), Nabachandra asserted that UCM also expects an amicable solution to the prolonged Naga Issue.
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'However, UCM will fight with all its strength, if the proposed talk between the NSCN (IM) delegation and the Government of India affects the territorial boundary of the state which has been being safeguarded by the forefathers', he warned.
Stating that UCM has been rejecting the idea of bringing solution to Indo-Naga problem by disintegrating the territorial boundary of Manipur, he said that 18 heroes sacrificed their lives on June 18, 2001 for the cause of territorial integrity when the then BJP led NDA government in the centre and NSCN (IM) signed Bangkok declaration extending cease fire in Manipur.
BJP led NDA has again come to power now and is all set to bring about a solution to the Naga issue through talk with IM.
However, the proposed talk between the GOI and IM should not manage to repeat the 18 June incident, he said.
Regarding ILP issue, the UCM president, while lauding the step of the state government to bring a solution to the issue through peaceful talk with the agitating ILP activists, said that implementation of ILP system is a must to protect the minority indigenous people from extinction due to uncontrolled influx of foreigners and non locals.
ILP doesn't mean preventing entry and stay of the non-locals forever, but to allow their entry under a systematic rule, he asserted, while demanding that the Government should frame a suitable regulation/rule to check the influx of migrants without further delay.