India trying to suppress revolutionary movement: CorCom
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 07 2022:
On the eve of its 11th foun dation anniversary falling on July 8, the Coordination Committee (CorCom) has extended revolutionary salute to all the martyred revolutionaries who laid down their lives during the course of Manipur (Kangleipak)'s revolutionary struggle.
The conglomerate of proscribed outfits operating in Manipur also thanked people who firmly stood with the revolutionary struggle despite facing torture and ha rassment of adversary forces and shared their pains and suffering.
On the occasion, the CorCom also extended revolutionary greetings to people of Manipur for rendering unwavering suppprt to the ongoing revolutionary movement.
While alleging that India has been using various tactics and strategies to suppress the revo lutionary movement in WESEA region particularly in Manipur, a CorCom statement issued on the occasion said that time has come for international community and the United Nations to acknowledge India's suppressive activities and armed conflict in the region as per Geneva Convention, 1949.According to the CorCom statement issued by its publicity committee, Manipur existed as a powerful independent nation in the WESEA region and the independent character of Manipur nation could not be distorted even by the mighty British.
Even though the British brought a legislation to create division among hills and plain people in 1907, the colonial British administration never succeeded in distorting the market economy, sense of oneness and essence of freedom of the hills and plain people.
It was due to this underlying spirit of the hills and plain people that a collective decision to defend Manipur (Kangleipak) was taken in the 1891 war and stood together for the erstwhile independent nation leaving aside barriers of communities.
Accordingly, both hills and plain people fought valiantly against the British forces collectively but faced defeat and Manipur fell into the hands of the mighty British.
Manipur (Kangleipak) regained its independent status after the British left on the intervening night of August 14 and 15, 1947.Before people could fully celebrate restoration of the independent status, Manipur fell into the claws of another altogether different colonial force, India, in 1949.Since then, India turned the erstwhile independent WESEA region and Manipur into a forward post of Indian military in geo-political context.
Accordingly, the earlier self- reliant economy of the region has now been converted into a captive market to make people of the region dependent on India permanently.
However, India could not complete occupation of WESEA region with its culture, religion, economy and administration and thus deployed its huge regular army among civilians.
People of both hills and plain of Manipur are still bearing pains of the war, the CorCom said.
According to the CorCom statement, ancestral land of WESEA region particularly Manipur has been often compromised by India for appeasing neighbouring countries while cultural invasion is taking place in the region as part of India's counter-politics to suppress the revolutionary movement thereby giving great impact on the culture and languages of the region.
Acknowledging this situation, the UNESCO even warned that Manipuri language is on the verge of extinction, it added.
In the journey of India's liberalisation policy since the year 1991, Manipur and WESEA region have started facing adverse impact.
In the name of developing road, communication and improving economy and also to link up with countries of South East Asia under capitalist-oriented Look East Policy/Act East Policy, India has been working against the revolutionary movement.
Citing one example, the CorCom said while contending that the extradition treaty India signed with Bangladesh and Thailand in 2013 was solely aimed at suppressing the revolutionary movement in the region.
Under the shadow of ASEAN-India Plan of Action formed in August, 2015, security issues were included under India's instigation to suppress the revolutionary movement in the region, it said, adding that India is eying its 1645 km long international border with Myanmar as transit for foreign activities.
In the name of Kaladan Project, India has been developing both land and water forward posts to permanently suppress economy and national movement in WESEA region.
Under the shadow of Look East Policy, India provided T-55 tank, BN-2 Islander 2 maritime surveillance aircraft and deck-based air-defence guns to neighbouring country.
Under BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-operation) policy too, India has been wrongly portraying and suppressing the national movement in WESEA region in the name of tackling counter-terrorism and trans-national crime, the CorCom said.
(To be continued) .
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