COCOMI rally 'misleading for future youth': KSO
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kangpokpi, June 29 2024:
Expressing dismay over.witnessing visuals of some students chanting hateful slogan during the COCOMI's rally, Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO) Sadar Hills labelled the rally as "stupid and misleading for future youths" .
The student body stated that historically, verbal attacks against perceived enemies have often led to deaths of millions, as seen with the Nazis before and during the Second World War.
"As a student body, we abhor the mampulation and instilling of hatred and enmity among innocent students," it stated, urging the valley-based student bodies to uphold the moral and ethical values and principles of young learners and to lead them towards academic excellence instead of unwarranted exploitation and manipulation.
KSO condemned COCOMI and similar organisations in the strongest terms for leading innocent students astray, coercing them into a chaotic lifestyle, and depriving them of a healthy academic environment.
The student body further stated that it is unequivocally clear to all conscientious citizens of India and the world that the Manipur violence could have been averted at the initial stage by deploying adequate security forces to protect minorities.
However, the state failed to act, remaining indifferent and indecisive, inviting unprecedented violence and unimaginable brutality, which only now calls for separation to heal the situation, it stated.
The rally is, at best, senseless, and COCOMI solely represents the vested interests of the dominant Meetei community concentrated in the valley, yet it speaks as if it represents the entire state, KSO further stated.