Infiltrators feasting on restive situation, cautions Meetei Leepun
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 18 2023:
Maintaining that the present turmoil in the state is being orchestrated by Kuki infiltrators from Myanmar in their attempt to cre-ate homeland by taking on board Kuki people settling in Manipur since the time of British colonial rule, Meetei Leepun contended that the Kuki infiltrators are taking advantage of the ethnic vio-lence in executing population migration under the garb of evacuation process and trans-porting drugs in the name of relief materials distribution.
Addressing media persons on Sunday, Meetei Leepun chief N Pramot Singh said that the activities carried out by the state government to save forest land by evicting the encroachers, process to implement NRC to flush out Kuki illegal immigrants and the mass destruction of poppy plantations have given a big blow to the illegal business carried out by the Kuki infil-trators.
As such, these Kuki immigrants engineered the riot in the state.
He further informed that soon after the riot broke as designed by them, the Kuki infiltrators in their attempt to make up for the losses suf-fered due to destruction of poppy plantations, started bringing in drugs in the name of shipping relief materials in addition to aiding infiltration from across the border.
Pramot also said that vol-unteers of Meetei Leepun are stationed in different areas to safeguard villages and to counter the attacks by illegal infiltrators along with the Kukis, since May 3.However, it is very unfortunate that some are not able to clearly understand that it is not a festival.
There are also some untrained people involved in the conflict and Meetei Leepun making all efforts to ensure that those at the fore-front of protecting the Meetei villages are not discouraged.
Pramot also urged vol-unteers of Meetei Leepun deployed in different parts of the state not to vandalise houses of elected members while cautioning some people who have lost elections are trying to take political mile-age out the restive situation with the ultimate objective to see imposition of Presi-dent's Rule in Manipur which is also the objective of the Kuki people.
He further asserted that whether it is NRC or any other mechanism, the cut off year should to be made clear and all Kukis meeting the criteria should be allowed to stay in Manipur.