Government banned 9 Meitei extremist groups and their associate organizations?
Reportedly government on monday banned nine Meitei extremist groups and their associate organizations, which mostly operate in Manipur, for their anti-national activities, and launching fatal attacks on security forces. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of home Affairs, the groups that have been banned for five years, are: Peoples’ Liberation army generally known as PLA, and its political wing Revolutionary Peoples’ Front (RPF), the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and its armed wing Manipur Peoples’ army (MPA).The Peoples’ Revolutionary party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and its armed wing red army, the Kangleipak Communist party (KCP) and its armed wing (also called the red Army), the Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup (KYKL), the Coordination Committee (CorCom) and the Alliance for Socialist Unity Kangleipak (ASUK) have also been banned. The PLA, UNLF, PREPAK, KCP, KYKL were banned by the MHA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967) years ago and the latest action extends the ban by five years.The declaration as outlawed of the other organizations is fresh. In its notification, the MHA said the Meitei extremist organizations have declared, as their professed aim, establishment of an independent nation by secession of Manipur from india through armed struggle and to incite indigenous people of Manipur for such secession. The MHA said it is of the opinion that the Meitei extremist organizations have been engaging in activities prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of india, employing and engaging in armed means to achieve their aforesaid objectives, attacking and killing the security forces, the police and civilians in Manipur, indulging in acts of intimidation, extortion and looting of civilian population for collection of funds for their organizations. They are making contacts with sources abroad for influencing public opinion and for securing their assistance by way of arms and training for the purpose of achieving their secessionist objective and maintaining camps in neighboring countries for the purpose of sanctuaries, training and clandestine procurement of arms and ammunition, it said.