PREPAK likens India to Soviet Union-II
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 09 2020:
Contd from previous issue

The secret agenda of expansionism that India still allegedly harbours is a result of the slave-mentality developed due to the prolonged British Rule.

The alleged culture of creating Hindu colonies in the neighbouring countries led to the need for occupying these countries and still foolishly believes that contradictions arising from such expansionist policies can be subdued with military action, the PREPAK acting Chairman continued.

The agenda of Ram Rajya still deprives Indian citizens of the right to development and is unable to nurture any statesmen of international stature except for numerous Hindu fanatics.

Expansionist India might succeed in taking the lives of many brave patriots fighting for independence but the belief and dedication to the cause of independence which is in the hearts and minds of every person in Kangleipak cannot be taken away, it asserted.

The Indian Constitution which even MK Gandhi, Jay Prakash Narayan and Muhammad Ali Jinnah rejected does not reflect the rights and liberties of the common people unlike the Soviet draft Constitution of 1977 which provides for National right, right to National liberation movement and right to secession.

Every political party regardless of their left or right leanings have given up the cause of the class Struggle and are misleading the working class while most intellectuals of Hindustan are helping in the expansion of colonialism using universities and other institutes, it alleged.

The Kanglei National mind has been tampered with the ploy of Chanakya/Kautilya and it will prove to be a steep uphill task to revive and alter the mindset of the people of WeSEA region, but one of absolute necessity, reads the statement.

After the annexation of Kangleipak by India after October 15, 1949 without consent or knowledge of the Kanglei people, the onus of protecting the more than 2000 years old international boundary of Kangleipak was been taken over by India.

In contravention of Article 2 (4) of UN Charter, India, which became a Member of the UN in 1945, compromised political independence and territorial integrity of Kangleipak leading to the efforts to join the decolonization process seen in different parts of the World.

On the other hand, there has been no incursion or compromise on the territorial integrity of India which existed before the annexation of Kangleipak and this fact has been verified by experts, it said.

According to convention the world over, economic resources of Kangleipak should be shared between the hill and valley people of Kangleipak only, but since the resources cannot be properly utilized till today, Kangleipak is under neo-colonial economy which does not allow full right of development to the people of the region.

The abject hardship experienced by the people of Kangleipak due to economic blockades bear witness to the fact that Kangleipak which thrived for more than 2000 years without any external help or assistance has now rendered completely dependent upon outside help and generosity as it has become a captive market, unable to create products, market or capital on its own, it said.

"We are at the mercy of the Indian Government at Delhi, and the agenda of divide and rule policy inherited from the British has created the hill-valley divide and restricted/prevented valley dwellers from visiting and settling in the hills.

Between 1992 and 1998, India engineered genocide amongst different ethnic groups and tribes and encouraged encroachment into personal land.

Since the import of a huge number of outsiders in 1949, Meeteis who were once the majority group are now reduced to a minority", it continued.

An active policy of expansionism is still being carried out in WeSEA region by India, while Indian law which claims to deliver quick justice fails to consider applications relating to WeSEA region properly and in time.

Manipur Land Revenue & Land Reforms Act created in 1960 divide the people residing in the hills from those of the plains and planted a wedge of suspicion.

There is no provision for 'right to secede', 'support to National liberation movement', 'equality of all Nationalities' in the Indian Constitution which is harming the rights of the people of some of the places allegedly annexed by India even though UN has directed India to remove all reservations on universal rights and follow the covenants to which it is a signatory, it continued.

The outfit then paid tributes to all the brave sons and daughters who have laid down their lives in the struggle for "Sovereign Socialist State" which has been going on through the years.

It also conveyed solidarity to all the people who have endured abuse and torture at the hands of the security forces as well as those who have been rendered disable and languishing in prison.

Expressing serious concern on the increasing number of deaths and infected persons from the COVID-19 pandemic which is sweeping across the State as well, the outfit concluded by appealing to everyone to follow the directions of WHO so that the pandemic can be contained as early as possible.

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