RPF advocates unity and collective struggle-II
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, February 25 2015: Then the RPF president quoted Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's statement: "Together with 82 people, I brought a successful revolution in Cuba.

The number of people does not count, what matters is faith in the revolutionary movement" .

As a revolutionary group, RPF shares an umbilical relationship with our masses.

It is this relationship which has been strengthening and sustaining the liberation movement.

Again it is this filial relationship which makes the liberation movement a movement of the masses.

RPF has been striving relentlessly to strengthen this relationship and the party is well aware that it is fully dependent on the masses just like fishes cannot survive in the absence of water.

The inseparable bond shared between the revolutionaries and the masses will ultimately propel the liberation movement to its greatest heights.

In such a scenario, there would be no distinction between revolutionaries and the suffering masses or non-combatants.

In another word, civilians will become freedom fighters directly or indirectly.

Civilians or neutral population will disappear when the liberation movement reached its zenith.

Leaders and cadres of RPF/PLA observing the outfit's 36th raising day as 'Independence Demand Day' at their Ghqs

It is this socio-political condition where the revolutionaries and civilians cannot be distinguished which is feared the most by the Indian State.

That is why, the Government of India and its puppet local Government have been consistently scheming to draw a line of segregation between revolutionaries and the masses, reads the statement.

The armed movement for right to self-determination of Manipur is today known far and wide across the planet.

On account of the prolonged colonial rule, all administrative departments have become highly corrupted beyond any hope of redemption.

Lives of many innocent people were cut short abruptly and without any honour.

A number of people who were picked up by security forces disappeared without any trace only to resurface as skeletal remains at camps which were/are occupied by Indian military forces and their stooges.

Social activists and scholars who have the audacity to protest or critique against people's sufferings and repressive measures are being singled out and victimized by the Indian State.

Given these harsh realities and the undeniable political history of Manipur, right to self-determination is a legitimate and indispensable right of 'our' people.

Since the past many years, several powerful agencies and colonial instruments are being employed by the Indian State to subjugate the masses and ultimately filter out the idea and yearning for independence from the political moorings of the society.

To achieve their objective, Indian agents have been drawing artificial lines of division between different communities of Manipur, and the State's economy and natural resources have been taken under their complete control.

Driven by the greed of capitalism, Indian capitalist class and their local cohorts have been exploiting our resources.

In the name of people's welfare, the Indian State has been following a Neo-liberal policy where a few capitalists decide the fate of the vast majority.

Through this Neo-liberal policy, the Indian State and their products have completely dominated and overwhelmed the markets of Manipur which was once self-reliant.

In the name of development programmes which are based on the fundamental concepts of capitalism, the Indian State has been employing all available means to suppress the liberation movement of Manipur.

After re-defining Look East Policy as Act East Policy, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been bargaining with the neighbouring countries of WESEA to help the Indian State suppress the revolutionary movements of WESEA in exchange for economic benefits, trade and commerce.

Our people must be on guard against this new policy of India's BJP Government, Chaoren cautioned.