RPF condoles
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 13 2023:
The proscribed RPF has condoled and paid rich tributes to eminent Meira Paibi leader Ima Memchoubi who served as the president of Poirei Leimarol Meira Paibi Apunba Manipur and struggled tirelessly against all kinds of repression and human rights violations.
Ima Memchoubi took active roles in almost all issues of Manipur and served as an exemplary leader to all her followers, the outfit remarked in a statement issued by its Publicity, Deputy Secretary Roben Khuman.
In the name of suppressing the liberation movement, the military forces, wearing the cloak of AFSPA 1958, unleashed all kinds of repressive measures against the people of Manipur starting from the early 1980's.Many innocent people were executed summarily, many others were made victims of involuntary disappearance and a number of women were raped.
In order to save innocent people from such military repression, women took torches in their hands and launched a vibrant Meira Paibi movement, it remarked.
Under the leadership of Ima Kombi, Ima Memchoubi took pivotal roles in the Meira Paibi movement, it said.
For her leading roles in many people's movements, she was even imprisoned but she never failed to inspire the masses, RPF said.
The demise of Ima Memchoubi is a big loss not only for the Meira Paibi movement but also for the whole State, it said.
Even in her old age, Ima Memchoubi struggled tirelessly for the cause of Manipur.
She also took part in the recent people's movement under the banner "Integrity of Manipur is non-negotiable" in the backdrop of the violent crisis which erupted on May 3 .
It then prayed that the soul of Ima Memchoubi may rest in peace in the lap of the motherland.