CorCom boycotts I-Day, calls gen strike
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, August 11 2026: As in the previous years, the CorCom has boycotted the Independence Day of India and called a general strike from 1 am to 6.30 pm on August 15 .

A statement issued by CorCom asserted that the independence of India does not include Manipur (Kangleipak) .

It said that the Independence Day of India (August 15) has no connection with Manipur (Kangleipak) in any manner.

However, local leaders of the alleged puppet State Government have been constantly extolling their Central leaders.

With the State Assembly election not far away, the puppet leaders have scaled up signing praises for Indian leaders.

Meanwhile, there are efforts to portray the history of Manipur (Kangleipak) as a part of India, it said.

The CorCom asserted that the people of Manipur (Kangleipak) should stay away from the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign (August 9 to 17) .

Though small in size, Manipur (Kangleipak) existed as a prominent independent Nation in Asia before it was annexed by India on October 15, 1949 in a blatant violation of the Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the International Law.

It was Manipur (Kangleipak) which gifted the game of Polo (Sagol Kangjei) to the world in 3100 BC .

There are 48 independent countries smaller than Manipur.

Out of 17 United Nations Non-Self Governing Territories (NSGTs), 16 are smaller than Manipur (Kangleipak) .

In terms of population size, there are 63 independent countries whose populations are smaller than that of Manipur (Kangleipak) .

If one takes into account all these facts, Manipur has the capacity of becoming an independent Nation in the face of the changing geopolitics across the world, the CorCom asserted.

During the first session of the Manipur National Assembly (Parliament) held on October 18, 1948, king Bodhchandra who was then only the constitutional head of the election Government stated that the territorial size of Manipur was 15,650 square miles (40,530 sq Kms) .

But today, the Government of India has been plotting to further reduce the territorial size of Manipur (Kangleipak), it said.

Being its occupied territory, the Government of India does not have the right or power to distort the territorial integrity of Manipur (Kangleipak) as per "uti possidetis juris".

This was testified by a frontier dispute case arbitrated by the International Court of Justice (Burkina Faso/Republic of Mali, 1986), the CorCom asserted.

After arming and signing Suspension of Operation with some immigrant Kukis and giving military training to armed groups of Myanmar, the Government of India created a number of proxy and mercenary forces within Manipur (Kangleipak) and beyond, it alleged.

Using these proxy and mercenary forces, the Government of India has been working to snap the backbone of the 70 year old right to self-determination/National liberation movement of Manipur (Kangleipak), it said.

Manipur was an independent country when India annexed it in 1949.As such, the conflict seen in Manipur is an international armed conflict even though India has been portraying the conflict as internal insurgency, it said.

The CorCom asserted that there is no second path for Manipur (Kangleipak) other than liberating itself from the alleged Indian occupation.

If the present do not walk this path, all the indigenous people of Manipur (Kangleipak) will be wiped out eventually and the Manipuri civilisation will be erased from world history, it said.

The CorCom added that essential services, medical, electricity, water supply, fire services, press and religious functions will be exempted from the purview of the shutdown.

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