Mizoram CM inciting violence in Manipur: PAPPM
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 28 2023:
While stating that participation of Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga Chawngthu in the solidarity march in Aizawl on July 25 demanding balkanization of Manipur was not only provocative but also highly irresponsible, People's Alliance for Peace and Progress, Manipur (PAP PM) said that instead of the rovocative act, he could ave focused on promoting peace and normalcy in Manipur, which would have been appreciated by the people.
Unfortunately, his action only added fuel to the already volatile situation in the state, it added.
In a release, PAPPM president M Bobby Meetei said that by participating in the rally marked by abusive and slanderous sloganeering against Manipur chief minister N Bi-ren, he (Zoramthanga) has become an accomplice to the "forced displacements'' of Meiteis from Chin Ku ki dominated areas by Chin-Kuki militants and their supporters and then attempt to 'villainise' N Biren and Meiteis to cover up their crimes.
It has now become a common knowledge that the forced displacement of Meiteis and subsequent acts of violence was a pre-planned act to ensure illegal poppy plantation and opium manufacturing without interference from the government, he alleged, while adding that Zoramthanga is also well aware of mass poppy cultivation in the forest areas of Mizoram, which he hardly interferes.
From the look of it, it is believed he-s a partner to the crime that threatens India's national security, he added.
While opining that as head of a neighbouring state, Zoramthanga should have demonstrated wisdom and responsibility, Bobby Meetei maintained that Zoramthanga is using the ongoing tension in Manipur for political gain in Mizoram's forthcom ing elections by projecting himself a champion for the cause of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo people.
By projecting himself as a champion for the cause, he must also realise that he has become complicit to the crimes that Kuki-Chin militants, have committed and aiding narco-terrorism unfolding in the North-East India, he condemned.
While understanding that Zoramthanga has taken
a solid stand of encouraging refugees from Myanmar, he cautioned that it will jeopardise not only the future of Mizo people but for the whole Northeast.
Appealing CM Zoramthanga not to be short-sighted and stop the encouragement of the Kuki-Chin militants and their supporters to commit further crimes against humanity, the PAPPM president said that the impact of the crimes of forceful displacements of Meiteis from Chin-Kuki dominated areas and subsequent violent aggression against Meiteis is a blunder which should be corrected as soon as possible to save future generations from a cycle of violence.
And attempting to throw the Mizos in this cycle of violence is not a wise step, he added.