Kuki Inpi clears decks for today's rally
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Imphal, July 03 2014:
The Kuki people under the aegis ofthe Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) are all set to carry out rallies in separate locations across Manipur tomorrow (July 4) to express their resentment over the alleged callous attitude of New Delhi towards the affected Kukis of the 1990s ethnic killings in Manipur.
Alleging that though 1990s the Kukis had 'endured the criminal and genocidal acts' of the NSCN-IM in the early 90s the Government of India is still refusing to address the plights of the affected Kuki people.
According to the Kuki Inpi, Manipur (KIM), the protest rally will be carried out in Imphal and several other places in the hill districts including Moreh, Tengnoupal, Kangpokpi, Saikul, Churachandpur, Jiribam/Phaitol, Mongneljang in Ukhrul district and in Imphal.
"The Government of India's glaring apathy and negligence towards the plight of the Kuki people who terribly suffered the terror unleashed by the NSCN-IM.
It is time now to introspect whether justice exists or not," KIM said.
According to the Kuki Inpi, Manipur, during the course of the NSCN-IM's genocide pogrom, the Government of India had remained a mute spectator when the NSCN-IM murdered 905 innocent Kukis, including children, women, invalids and the old aged; uprooted 360 villages to snatch way their lands; and displaced 1,00,000 people who are still unable to go back to their own villages.
KIM then said the Kuki people urged the Government of India to first settle the grievances or the plight of the Kuki people before any possible agreement is reached with the NSCN-IM.
"The crime of the NSCN-IM should be examined in a proper court of law in the country and the perpetrators of the crime must be punished to the satisfaction of all concerns.
Lest, whatever agreement proposed with the NSCN-IM will become the cause of violence and unrest, and the government shall be responsible," KIM warned.
"All the able bodied men, women, the young and old of the Kuki people are required to participate in the rally to show our solidarity in the demand for justice long denied to us.
The Kuki Inpi has appealed for cooperation and support from all civil society organisations of the Kuki people," it appealed.