KCP clarifies
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 31 2023:
The Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) has clarify that the Party's permanent ban on the transportation of betel leaves into Kangleipak is applicable only to those betel leave syndicates that transport betel leaves into Kangleipak through Kuki-dominated areas by paying a huge amount of money to Kuki militants and civil society groups trying to destroy the territorial integrity of Kangleipak.
In a release, KCP stated that the clarification was made considering the appeals by various stakeholders in the betel leaves trade and in the interest of small-time traders heavily depending on the supply of betel leaves.
"Any betel leaves syndicate is free to transport betel leaves consignments into Kangleipak as long as they do not do so via Kuki-dominated areas by shelling out a great deal of money to Kuki militant and civil society groups", it added.
The Party also appeals to the public not to indulge in forfeiture and/or burning/destruction of betel leaves consignments being transported into Kangleipak without having to pay Kuki militant and civil society groups any amount of money.