RPF salutes Meira Paibis of Manipur
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 27 2012:
The proscribed RPF has saluted the Meira Paibis of Manipur on the occasion of Meira Paibi Ima Singgi Numit (Meira Paibi Day).
The outfit also paid tributes to all the Meira Paibis who have sacrificed their lives for the cause of the Nation.
In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary T Leisemba, the outfit remarked that Manipur is known across the world for the crucial roles taken by women at critical phases of its history starting from early period till date.
Even the once mighty British empire tasted defeat at the hands of Manipuri women and the same is written in the history of Manipur in letters of gold.
Alleging that the Government of India has been pursuing several overt and covert strategies to exterminate Manipuri nation since the day Manipur was forcibly merged with the Indian Union, the outfit blamed New Delhi and the State Government for all the turmoil resulting from killing people in fake encounters, numerous cases of involuntary disappearance, rapes, murders and massacres.
Whereas people of Manipur have been fighting against AFSPA for the past many decades, the Government of India has come up with an all-powerful NCTC with a sinister design to uproot the Manipuri nation, it alleged.
Under the unfolding scenario, women's movement has been even more imperilled.
Asserting that one cannot expect a progressive and secure society under the alien rule, the RPF called upon all womenfolk of Manipur to take a firm decision on Meira Paibi Ima Singgi Numit to save and guide the public for a sovereign Manipur.