CorCom among unlawful Associations
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Information Bureau
New Delhi, December 10 2013:
Alongside several underground organisations that have already been declared as the Unlawful organisations such as the Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) and its political wing, the Revolutionary Peoples' Front (RPF), the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the Peoples' Revolutionary Party of Kngleipak (PREPAK) and its armed wing, the "Red Army", the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and its armed wing, also called the " Red Army", the Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup (KYKL), the Union Home Ministry has declared CorCom (conglomerate of six valley-based UD outfits) and the Manipur Peoples' Liberation Front (MPLF) along with all their factions, wings and front organisations as 'Unlawful Associations' under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 .
This was stated by the Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde during his monthly Press Conference held today.
The Home Minister said that the underground groups, including CorCom were declared Unlawful Association on November 13 this year.
In a meeting of Joint Working Group held with National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Ranjan Daimary) NDFB (RD) Group on November 29 at Guwahati, a tripartite Suspension of Operations (SoO) Agreement has been signed among the Central Government, Government of Assam and NDFB(RD).
As per the SoO Agreement, the outfit will deposit all its arms with the Government, he said.
Tripartite meeting involving the representative of the Government of India, the Government of Assam and six Adivasi outfits active in Assam was held on November 30, 2013 at Guwahati to discuss their demands.
Further, tripartite meeting involving the representative of the Government of India, the Government of Assam and three Kuki outfits and Hmar People's Convention (D) active in Assam was held on November 30 at Guwahati to discuss their demands, Shinde said.
Shinde also said that a notification was issued on November 4, 2013 declaring entire State of Assam and 20 kms belt in the State of Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya bordering Assam as 'disturbed area' under Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (28 of 1958) for a further period of one year beyond November 3, 2013 .
The Home Minister said that the 7th Meeting of the Empowered Committee on Border Infrastructure was held on November 26, 2013 under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary to review the implementation of Border Infrastructure Projects and to fast track of execution of Border infrastructure works.
High level empowered committee meeting was held on November 12, 2013 under the Chairmanship of Union Home Secretary, in which the estimates for the Border Infrastructure Projects were discussed for approval.
An amount of Rs 3139.79 lakh was released on November 21, 2013 to the Governments of Bihar and Chhattisgarh under the Special Infrastructure Scheme (SIS) for upgradation/critical gap filling of Special Forces during 2013-14 for effectively combating the LWE, he added.