Raising Day of KYKL's armed wing observed
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, February 16 2022: Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) on Wednesday observed the Raising Day of its armed wing Meeyamgi Yawol Lanmee (MYL) throughout Kangleipak (Manipur) and beyond, including GHQ-1st Bn, CHQ, 2nd Bn, 3rd Bn, units and sections.

In a release, KYKL publicity and research secretary A Yaiphaba stated that in the course of the national liberation movement launched by KYKL to free Kangleipak from the colonial rule of India, February 16 is an important day as it was on this day in 2005 that the 'valiant' liberation fighters of MYL launched an attack on a patrol party of the 10 Assam Rifles, during which five Assam rifles personnel were killed.

Following MYL's establishment, this was the, first significant attack against the Indian 'occupation' forces.

To commemorate this event, the central committee of KYKL has declared it as 'Lanmee gi Numit'.

Since then, February 16 has been marked as 'Army Day', it noted.

KYKL mentioned that the main function was held at CHQ under the chairmanship of KYKL MYL supreme commander N Oken.

The observance attended by many prominent and important members of the armed wing as well as the central committee began with hoisting of the flag by the supreme commander, who also deliberated on the challenges the national liberation movement face.

He also stated that the revolutionary movement is related to the question of our existence as a people, which is why this is a crucial movement that cannot be abandoned or can be run away from, it added.

"Our society today is riddled with many unnatural phenomena.

It is a society crumbling in every sphere: economy, politics, social structure, even morally.

There are significant questions to be answered regarding why societies crumble and what the way out is.

Giving a definitive answer to identities have been gradually diluted," supreme commander N Oken said.

"For the Indian policy of wiping out the indigenous people from the earth, they have used both repressive state apparatus, which is a hard tool, and ideological state apparatus, which is a bit softer and yet equally powerful.

As a result of all these machinations, we have today become a bunch of people who have disintegrated in all spheres.

This fact implies that if we continue to exist under Indian colonialism, our nation is on the path to extinction.

We shall never be able to steer our society down the correct historical path under Indian colonialism".

N Oken asserted, "Indian colonialism's principal objective is to uproot indigenous people from their land and replace them with Hindus from mainland India.

It is self-evident that if we continue to be a part of India under its colonial rule, we will cease to exist as a people.

The other reality implicit in this situation is that the freedom struggle we are currently waging against India is correct.

Clearly, this is the only way to ensure that we can protect our nation and people".

"Today, on the occasion of the 18th Army Day, I would like to appeal to all revolutionary organisations and cadres to take an oath to transform ourselves into true revolutionary armies, equipped with revolutionary principles and revolutionary consciousness, capable of confronting and overcoming the current challenges," he exhorted.

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