UKLF reacts, sets record straight
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, June 08 2014: Reacting to the KNLF press note published in some local papers on June 6, UKLF today clarified that it has never forced anybody to put its signature on any drafted memorandum so far.

In a statement signed by its Asst.

Secy.

Info &Publicity MP Haokip, UKLF said, 'the civil society oppose the setting up of KNLF camp in their area since the beginning owing to the fact that installing two unfriendly armed groups in the same area would certainly disturb the hard-earned peaceful atmosphere of the area', and added that the opposition is not a new but it started right from the day the proposal was made last year.

According to the statement, UKLF on its own objected to the setting up of KNLF camp at Semol from the beginning not for something else but for the sake of peace and tranquillity in the area and thereby always supported the public.

On the other hand, refuting the a press note of Stephen Kuki of KNA/KNO published in Hueiyen Lanpao daily on 7/6/14 saying 'the KNLF was a faction of UKLF' as baseless and fabricated story intended to cast the good image of UKLF in bad light, UKLF asserted that not a single member of KNLF had been in UKLF but it was formed and nurtured by KNA/KNO purposely to disturb the peace of the area so that their policy of divide and rule can be effectively implemented in Kuki society.

The KNA/KNO must stop its programme of creating more and more armed groups and nurturing the newly formed groups if they are genuinely interested in the political future of the Kukis, the release further said, while setting it straight that nobody is going to get anything good from creating more and more armed groups.

Urging the KNA/KNO to learn to respect people's sentiment and their aspirations for peaceful existence, UKLF pointed out that serving warning notes to public leaders is not going to help but will only bring more animosity.

If anything happen to any public leader, UKLF will not sit idle but will be compelled to retaliate befittingly, it warned.

Appreciating the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India, for paying heed to the voice of the public and ordering to stop the ongoing construction of the KNLF camp at Semol village through written missive, UKLF said that if the real intention of the govt is peace, it should pay heed to the voice of the public and not to be misled by vested interest.

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