Kangleipak an occupied territory, alleges KYKL
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, April 23 2026: The proscribed KYKL has alleged that Kangleipak and the entire WESEA are occupied territories of India.

On the occasion of its 32nd raising day (April 25), the outfit conveyed best wishes to all the people of Kangleipak and WESEA.

Conveying respect to all revolutionary organisations and revolutionaries of Kangleipak and WESEA, the outfit paid revolutionary salute to all the revolutionaries who have laid down their lives in the course of the revolutionary movement.

The outfit also paid respect to all intellectuals, journalists and writers who have been showing the right path in society.

It further expressed solidarity with all the displaced persons.

Vindicating the outfit's assertion that Kangleipak and WESEA are occupied territories of India, a statement issued by KYKL Chairman N Oken said it is more fitting to call India an empire where the Hindispeaking heartland 'endocolonizes' the periphery/frontier regions.

The so-called North East States and West Bengal form the eastern frontier of India.

Likewise, Kashmir and Punjab form the northern frontier, southern States form - the Southern frontier while Gujarat and Maharashtra form the western frontier.

These frontier regions may not remain as frontiers once they are fully assimilated into the heartland, Oken said.

The concept of frontier and treatment of peripheral areas as frontier which was prevalent widely in the 19th century and 20th century has disappeared from most parts of the world in the 21st century.

Liberal multiculturalism or multinationalism in which different communities live together as equal citizens has replaced the practice of treating peripheral areas as frontier regions.

However, India is still following the policy practised by the heartland toward the frontiers in the 19th century.

Compared to other frontiers of India, India has excessively 'frontierize' WESEA.

This is because the peoples of WESESA are ethnically more different as compared to peoples of other frontiers, Oken said.

He said that the Government of India will sustain this policy until the identities of WESEA are completely obliterated, and this policy is a typical characteristic of colonial rule.

During the 19th century, people of heartlands saw themselves as civilized and those of the frontiers as uncivilized or savages.

On the Meitei-Kuki violence, Indian leaders (Amit Shah, Jyotiraditya Scindia etc) said that communal violence took place in Manipur earlier too and such violence often lasted for four/five years and the current violence will go on.

These words implied that all the communities of Manipur are savages, the KYKL Chairman averred.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not bother to speak out a single word of condolence when three women and three kids including an eight-month old baby were abducted from Jiri Jakuradhor Karong and murdered, and when two toddlers�a five-month old girl and a five-year old boy were murdered with a rocket at Tronglaobi.

Narendra Modi's unwillingness to offer a single word of condolence on these gruesome killings reveal his perception that the people of Manipur are savages and they don't deserve condolence, Oken said.

The statement of condemnation made by Narendra Modi when two Kuki women were paraded naked was more of humiliating the people of Manipur and saying that it was natural for savages rather than condemning the incident, read the KYKL Chairman's statement.

"Narendra Modi's words and attitude implied that communal violence and killings are our tradition; we are used to anarchy and the violence will stop when we are tired of it", it said.

It alleged that the Government of India has been following a policy of erasing the identity of Kanglei people and assimilating them into the Indian mainstream.

In addition to the overt policy of assimilation, the Government of India has been implementing a covert policy of weakening and annihilating the people of Kangleipak, it further alleged.

It is under this policy that Indian armed forces and some police personnel have been indulging in systematic killing of innocent people.

The same policy covers inciting communal violence and killings by creating proxy fighters.

The Meetei-Kuki conflict is a manifestation of this policy, read the Chairman's statement.

Indian leaders categorically stated that the country is not a dharamsala and all illegal immigrants will be deported.

At the same time, the Government of India has been following a policy of appeasing Kuki immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh in Manipur.

The Government of India has been obdurately refusing to update the NRC with respect to Manipur.

This implies that everything done in the heartland cannot be replicated in the frontier.

This is not a contradiction but a deliberate policy, Oken remarked.

Making Kukis the paramount community in Manipur

The Government of India has formed an alliance with the Kukis to make Kukis the-most powerful and paramount community in Manipur.

The Indian empire's policy is not limited to inciting communal violence and killings.

It is also embedded with a hidden programme to make Kukis the paramount power in Manipur, the KYKL Chairman said.

It is estimated that there are over 10 lakh Kuki-Chin people in Myanmar.

In addi-* tion, there are 10 lakhs belonging to cognate tribes who would convert into Kuki-Chin without any difficulty.

Moreover, there are over 2 lakh Chin-Kuki people in Bangladesh, according to the Chairman's statement.

If 5 lakh Kuki-Chin people come to Manipur out of these and settle in the fertile foothill areas, they will certainly become the paramount power in Manipur given the fact that they have little shame, more obstinate and more adept in telling lies, it said.

There are numerous instances in the colonial history of colonial masters making a particular ethnic group the paramount power in a region.

There is a story of how British colonial masters empowered 'Ngonde' as the paramount power in the northern district of Malawi (called Nyasaland during the colonial period) by giving them several benefits and advantages.

Earlier, Ngonde tribe existed as a small tribe unknown to other peoples, it said.

There are many other similar stories of colonial masters empowering a particular tribe/community while subjugating other communities.

These tribes/communities who grew up to be big and paramount powers with the blessing of colonial masters are more loyal to colonial rules.

This strategy of empowering one tribe while subjugating other tribes/ communities is a part of colonial policies, read the statement.

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