KYKL chairman moots discourse on revolutionary ideology, tactics
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, April 24 2022: On the eve of the 28th Raising Day of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) which falls on April 25, outfit's chairman N Oken has extended revolutionary greetings to revolutionary organisations, people, civil society organisations, public leaders, intellectuals and media fraternity across the WESEA region.

On behalf of the outfit, the KYKL chairman also expressed his gratitude to healthcare providers who successfully fought the first and second waves of Covid-19 pandemic with incredible courage.

Oken also extended his heartfelt condolences to Kangleichas who have lost their lives due to the pandemic.

Along with extending revolutionary greetings, the KYKL chairman also placed a few points for discussion with Kanglei (Manipuri) people and all concerned about the present situation of the people and revolutionary movement.

According to the KYKL chairman's greetings and viewpoints made available publicity and research A Yaiphaba, revolutionary movement in Manipur society has reached its nadir and the notion of revolution now seems to be non-existent in the consciousness of Kanglei people.

People's faith in the cause has waned, and fewer people now believe in revolution.

Even those few people that the outfit thinks are committed to the cause have begun to reluctantly withdraw from their commitment and self-belief.

Those who are opposed to liberation movement, on the other hand, are now engaged in anti-revolutionary activities in record numbers and with no fear.

Kanglei people are critically reliant on the hand outs of Indian imperial masters since one must work to his/her highest ability to sustain, and Kangleipak's productive base is too small.

As a result, many of Kanglei people have come to believe that backing Indian colonialism in order to get monetary gain is the correct and sensible option.

Kanglei people seem to have forgotten the importance of protecting their national identity while struggling for survival.

Those who are concerned for the nation and the people have been called fools, while those who do not care about the country , society or their people have been dubbed wise and normal people who understand the law and norms of the society.

Similarly, revolutionary groups and revolutionaries in Kangleipak are falling apart.

Majority of revolutionary cadres have no qualms about quitting the struggle; it has become a way of life for the revolutionary class.

Anti-revolutionary views such as failing to believe in the revolution, lack of trusting their own people, disillusionment in a better future, giving in to the enemy as the correct act, prioritizing self-interest, and seeking the easiest way to meet the end have undoubtedly taken roots in the hearts and minds of most revolutionary cadres.

Revolutionary organisations of Kangleipak have reached a point in history where those who continue to fight for revolution can be seen as insane.

Worse than individual cadres abandoning the party is the formation of a trend in which revolutionary organisations as a whole have abandoned the struggle in the name of peace and development by engaging in peace talks with the enemy.

This is just a liquidationist act intended to annihilate the movement, Oken observed.

According KYKL chairman, people of WESEA region had witnessed revolutionary organisations leaving revolutionary movements through peace talks in the last 1950s/60s.Renouncing revolutionary movements through peace talks with the enemy has been a chronic, incurable disease for the region since 1964.In the pretext of peace talks, many of the leading Wesean revolutionary organisations had already abandoned the movement.

Major armed revolutionary groups have not yet embarked on this disastrous course in Kangleipak.

However, in Kangleipak, people have recently witnessed a new trend in which many opportunists have formed factional groups in order to abandon the cause.

They have attracted revolutionary cadres by promising them big opportunities.

Former revolutionary cadres who had surrendered to the enemy had even been re-recruited.

Moreover, sympathizers have been enticed to become active members of their organisations by promising them government jobs.

One of the primary reasons for the surrender to the enemy by those who want to quit the movement has to do with the wrong perspective from which they view the movement.

Their idea is that the movement is stepping backward because it has not been able to garner mass support, and that it will never win, so the best to move forward is to abandon it.

A lack of critical thinking is behind this idea.

The crumbling revolutionary state that people are witnessing today is not that it can never be reversed to get advantage, he said.

According to N Oken, revolutionary groups cannot simply take people's aversion to revolutionary movement and hatred of the revolutionary people as something inborn since the day they were born.

Neither can the increasing power of colonial masters be taken as the major reason for people's non participation in the movement.

Many factors will contribute to the challenging social conditions in which the revolutionary movement is moving.

Giving a few significant reasons for the Kanglei revolutionary movement's downward spiral, the KYKL chairman said that most revolutionary leaders of Kangleipak were unable to follow Che Guevara's revolutionary principle that revolutionaries should behave like ascetics in the last 30/40 years.

A slew of anti-revolutionary acts committed during the revolutionary movement to deal with the challenges encountered were another reason as also incorrect mass leadership methods.

Non-revolutionary method of forging relationships between the masses and revolutionary cadres and lack of ideological indoctrination among new members of the organisation were also some significant reasons for downward spiral, he added.

Though Kanglei revolutionary organisations' set goals are correct, their practice has disempowered the people in spite of empowering them, thus expediting Indian colonialists' plan to totally infringe on people's power.

Rather than equipping the masses with revolutionary consciousness, Kanglei revolutionary organisations focused all their efforts on strengthening their respective organisations.

To make their goal of swaying people's consciousness a reality, the mass based organisations became fragmented, and many cultural norms were distorted, resulting in the breakdown of the collective Kanglei identity and consciousness.

Moreover, the situation has expedited the breakdown of societal moral and behavioural fabric, which has been imbued with our uniqueness.

It has imposed a value to the people of rather than elevating people's consciousness to stand on their own two feet by fostering unity among them and establishing their own economy, the Kanglei revolutionary organisation encouraged people to rely on them, and Indian leaders, much like Indian colonial rulers did.

The rise of the vile culture, such as the transformation of Yaoshang donation into a business and the thronging of people at the gates of ministers/MLAs to beg for money, is equally the responsibility of Kanglei revolutionary organisations.

Rather than aiming to make people more free and humane, revolutionary organisations have moulded their thoughts to become even more dependent beings.

Corruption and injustice are rooted in society as a result of revolutionary groups' anti-revolutionary practices.

It is certainly true that they have engaged in many sorts of corruption, injustice, and wrongdoings to encourage party supporters and build a revolutionary base in the society.

In addition, numerous instances of injustice have been committed in the guise of bringing justice.

They acted as counsels for the wrongdoers while sit ting in a judge's chair.

Thus, revolutionary organisations and supporters play a critical role in shaping the current society, which is marked by lack of social justice, Oken observed.

According to the KYKL chairman, revolutionary organisations of Kangleipak have never fully applied the political, organisational, and leadership method of the mass line to re-connect with the people so that the masses and revolutionaries can build an inseparable relationship.

On countless occasions, the revolutionaries had oppressed the masses for no apparent reason.

They are yet to realize the revolutionary principle of revolutionary people serving as ideal figures for the masses.

The task of transforming new members into real revolutionaries is still not on the correct track.

One of the causes of issues related to maintaining party discipline, organisational instability, and frequent party splits, among other things, is this incorrect method of imparting correct revolutionary doctrines to the new party members.

There are many more non-revolutionary practices in addition to those listed here.

There are also a number of flaws in the way organisational structures are built.

It is not an attribute of a revolutionary to come to the conclusion that the revolutionary movement must be abandoned and capitulated to the enemy if the movement moves backwards, rather than sorting out all of these mistaken ideas and practices in order to form a new type of revolutionary party based on correct revolutionary principles.

This is a staunchly anti-revolutionary position.

Revolutionary organisations must not, in any case, act in this manner.

It is never too late to turn a revolutionary movement around in the correct direction.

A revolutionary movement that is on the correct path cannot be stopped, Oken maintained.

Oken further said that annihilation of revolutionary movement has grave consequences for the indigenous people of the region who are rushing towards extinction.

It is the epochal task of true revolutionaries and revolutionary organizations to ensure the organizations' continuity and consistency, and re-invigorate in order to safeguard the people from such catastrophic situations.

Many lives and generations may have been lost in the process of completing this historic task.

Several revolutionary efforts have been recorded as taking a long time to win throughout human history.

People or organisations that join revolutionary movements when the situation is advantageous to the movement but join the enemy when the circumstance is unfavourable to the movement are not revolutionaries or revolutionary organisations.

Given the objective conditions in the WESEA region, revolutionary organisations must continue the revolutionary struggle and remain consistent in their commitment to the cause.

Although Hijam Irabot's followers had surrendered to the Indian political structure, he never kowtowed to his enemies, but instead lived in jungles and rugged terrains until the end of his life.

After his death 12 years later, a few of his followers set up a revolutionary organisation that carried on the Kanglei revolutionary movement to this day.

Kanglei generation now has to follow his footsteps and uphold his revolutionary ideals.

It is an undeniable objective reality substantiated by both internal and external conditions that if a revolutionary movement is launched in Kangleipak without disrupting the historical trajectory of revolutionary movements in this region, the movement will spread like wildfire throughout the entire WESEA region in no time, Oken said adding that above viewpoints have been presented to all revolutionaries and Kanglei people for further debate and discussion regarding its precincts, viability, correctness, incorrectness and limitations.

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