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Imphal, Jan 2:
Armed rebel group CORCOM has boycotted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state of Manipur on January 4 and called total shut down on Jan 4.
In a statement, the Publicity Committee of CORCOM said that the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the state of Manipur is neither for development of the state nor for ensuring freedom to the people of the region but for strengthening the colonial regime using the mask of democracy to this region. The statement said that the CORCOM calls total shut down to the entire region of Manipur (Kangleipak) from 1 am till the Prime Minister remains in the region. The total shut down will be exempted for health sector, fire service, water supply and rituals occasion.
The CORCOM statement further said that the visit of Narendra Modi to Manipur (Kangleipak) is related with the state assembly election which is scheduled to hold in the early part of this year. It said that election is the only weapon or smokescreen to show the world that India is a democratic country. It said that election is a tool use by India to prove the world that India is a democratic country and thus occupy space in the United Nations Security Council as Non-Permanent membership as well as the chairperson of the three Sub-Committee of the United Nations.
The statement also added that India is a country which does not recognize independence. It abrogated the Article 370 and segregated Jammu and Kashmir state into two Union Territories. On the other hand, Manipur which had its own constituency and rule by a government elected by the people was also forcibly occupied by violating all norms of International laws and placed it in the lowest status. It was only on January 21, 1972 that Manipur (Kangleipak) became a state of India. The kind of act is an ignorance of the Independence by India. The statement also said that except for Meghalaya and Tripura AFSPA 1958 has been imposed in other parts of WESEA region since 1958. Under the shadow of the act many innocent souls have been taken and many were raped. The case of Oting massacre in Nagaland is also one among the subjugation of the region. Instead of listening to the voice of the people for revoking of AFSPA from the state of Nagaland the Indian Government extended the AFSPA for another 6 months.
In the state of Manipur too even after the verdict of the Supreme Court in connection with the PIL filed by families of 1528 victims of AFSPA the government of India is not issuing the prosecution sanction to those perpetrators. Justice is still not served to the families of the 1528 victims of AFSPA till date. The very act is an indication that showed that there is no civil administration in the region. The promise for lifting of AFSPA by political parties is just a propaganda for election campaign. The CORCOM questions the reason for conducting election by using huge number of armed occupation army as election should be held without any fear.
Is the forcibly election is trying to prove as a referendum on the annexation of Manipur. Even though India considers the election as democratic exercise, the people of the region consider as the most corrupted high level game. During the election what is notice is Corruption and usage of abusive and intoxicants substances. Many youths have been used as tools by the politicians and spewed venoms to spread crimes of different forms which is very unfortunate.
In view of the mass spread of Covid-19 cases following the Kumba mela and the recent Omicron pandemic , the High Court of Allahabad had directed the Prime Minister and the Election Commission of India to postpone the election schedule in five states including Manipur. However, there is no postponed to the election which showed that India does not care for the lives of Manipuri people. The CORCOM appealed the people to stay away from the visit of Narnedra Modi to protect themselves from Covid – 19 pandemic.
