Imphal: Asking the central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party to clarify its stand on the claims made by the Kuki militant outfit, UKLF, that it helped the saffron party in the 2017 election, six powerful student bodies of Manipur Friday threatened to root out the ruling party from the soil of Manipur.
At a time when the people are questioning the silence of the centre aftermath of the killing of civilians by Kuki militants, the United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) has claimed that they had backed the BJP candidates in the 2017 election. This has further strengthened the fear and suspicion among the general public against the government. People are suspecting that the centre is not taking any action against the Kuki militants because of the help these militants provided to BJP during elections, the student bodies, which included the All Manipur Students’ Union, Manipur Students’ Federation, Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur, Kangleipak Students’ Association, Students’ Union of Kangleipak and Apunba Ireipakki Maheiroi Singpang Lup said in a statement.
It could be possible that the Kuki militants supported the BJP during the election after getting an assurance that their demand of a separate administration could be considered. If this is true, then the Government of India is playing divided and rule in Manipur. It’s time for the people to fight against the Government of India’s divide and rule policy, it added.
Asking the 50 MLAs to go to Delhi and raise their voice against the Kuki militants, the student bodies also said they should demand the Centre to abrogate the SoO agreement and work unitedly forgetting their past differences.
If they continue to think their personal agenda is more important than Manipur’s collective goal, then people may not hesitate to teach them a befitting lesson, it warned.
All the 50 MLAs should immediately proceed to Delhi and warned the Centre that they will resign and join hands with people if the Government of India does not protect the state’s territorial integrity and abrogate the SoO agreement. If any MLA or minister fails to do it, people of Manipur will take a decision to throw them out of Manipur, the statement concluded.
