"Kuki Memorandum & SoO Agreement" released
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 26 2023:
A book entitled, "Kuki Memorandum and SoO Agreement" compiled by writer Ajit Sarangthem and published by Borasa Publications was released today during a simple function held at Book & Coffee, Yumnam Leikai, Imphal West.
In a release, Borasa Publication informed that the book is a compilation of memorandums submitted to the Government of India since 2008 by the Kuki bodies such as the Kuki National Assembly (KNA) and Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) .
The book also includes documents of Suspension of Operation (SoO) and SoO Ground Rules.
The book release function was attended by Mutua Bahadur, director Mutua Museum; writer & columnist Memo Laishram (Advocate) and writer & columnist Bhubol Sougrakpam as presidium members.
Delivering the welcome address, Ajit Sarangthem expressed that the reasons behind his humble work is to make widely available to public particularly the scholars at this time of unrest, the relevant but selective documents which have appeared in the recent years in regards of the Kukis trying to insert a separatist agenda for demolishing the age old unity & integrity of Manipur.
Bhubol Sourgrakpam shared that the timely publication of the book will help people understand the background of the ongoing chaos and violence which is a well planned post Independence Manipur demolition theory articulated by Chin immigrants from Burma and Lushai Hills.
Mutua Bahadur said, "The term Kuki was coined by the British writers as an umbrella name based on administrative convenience for the then unsettled and nomadic tribes that arrived at the South-Western part of Manipur in 1840s from the Chin Hills and Lushai Hills" .
He asserted that Kukis' peaceful settlement within the inviolable boundary of Manipur by enjoying all reasonable rights shall be the only way for lasting solution.
"It is unfortunate and unbelievable that the Kukis have known only chaos and violence as means of achieving a goal not the laws of the land", added Memo Laishram.