KYKL observes 29th "martyrs' day"
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, August 18 2022: The proscribed KYKL observed the "29th Martyrs' Day" today and paid tributes to all the revolutionaries of Kangleipak and WESEA who had sacrificed their lives while fighting for independence from the alien rule.

On August 18, 1993, three members of KYKL - Thounaojam Brojen alias Lakpa from Wangjing, Salam Ito alias Danger from Kha Potsangbam, and Ningthoujam Basanta from Kha Potsangbam - were being held captive when a combined team of CRPF and a Manipur Police commandos surrounded a farmhouse at Kha Potsangbam from all sides.

The CRPF called over loudspeakers to the KYKL cadres to surrender, said a press release issued by the outfit's publicity and research secretary A Yaiphaba.

However, the three revolutionary cadres, who were fiercely loyal to their revolutionary principles and believed it was better to die than submit to the enemy, refused to surrender.

Rather, they put up a good fight against the enemy, who had far better weapons and ammunition than they did.

Rather than giving the enemy access to the party's information, the three cadres fought the enemy for hours until the very end, when they killed themselves, salvaging the Kanglei revolutionary movement and the KYKL, it said.

KYKL has marked the day they gave their lives as 'Martyrs' Day', paying tribute to all the revolutionary cadres who gave their lives advancing the revolutionary movement forward, in honour of the lofty revolutionary ideals they cherished and the supreme sacrifices they made.

The 29th "Martyrs' Day" was observed today at the outfit's Chqs, 1st Chqs, 1st Bn, 2nd Bn, 3rd Bn, units, transit camps and other locations inside and outside Kangleipak with floral tributes and condolence salutes, it conveyed.

In light of the unfathomable degree to which the revolutionary ideal has been eroding among the Kanglei revolutionaries in recent years, celebrating the day and reminiscing their sacrifices have become even more significant.

The revolutionaries of that time were the ones who were willing to give their lives for the cause and defend the vanguard organization.

However, what is now being witnessed are the people who are not only undaunted to give in to the enemy when the organization and the movement it leads are in danger, but who are also unhesitating to leak the organizational secrets to the enemy in order to further their own selfish interests, it continued.

"Over the past few years, we have even witnessed numerous leaders abandon the organization rather than giving it their best to ensure the movement's survival.

Now is the perfect time to rediscover in ourselves the spirit of dedication", it added.

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