Autonomy cannot determine Manipur’s future: RPF-II

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Feb 25: A report published recently by EU DisinfoLab, an NGO based in Brussels, revealed that two big video news agencies of India namely; Srivastava Group (SG) and Asian News International (ANI) opened 265 sites in 65 countries and have been circulating fabricated propaganda and concocted news reports since 2005 to provoke and turn the people of not only India but also peoples of many other countries against China, the outfit alleged.  
Even if the people of India believe in the anti-China propaganda and harbour anti-China feelings and sentiments, people of WESEA, particularly Manipuri people must ponder over which of the two conflicting powers will be helpful to the liberation movement of Manipur, it continued.
India is a growing power and it is being speculated that it may become the third biggest economy after some years. Considering this possibility, some revolutionaries think that the growth of India as a major power would have serious impacts on the liberation movement. Many social activists and intellectuals who believe in Manipur’s right to independence too seem to be turning their eyes away from the liberation movement, considering the growing strength of India.
Many among the masses have given in to sheer materialism and pursuit for luxurious life and it apparently has turned out to be a major setback to the revolutionary movement, it remarked.  
“In spite of all these setbacks, the liberation movement of RPF will never stray from the right direction. We have a different war strategy of our own and we firmly believe our people and our strategy will take the liberation movement to the path of victory”,  reads the statement.
Responding to India’s claim that the revolutionary movements of WESEA can be rooted out by 2024, the outfit asked the Government of India to first focus all their attention and energy on averting balkanization of India.
As a direct outcome of the alleged brazen repressive measures unleashed by Government of India, almost all political leaders of Kashmir who were earlier pro-Indian to the core have started looking to China in order to protect the rights of their people. Leaders of many Indian States have openly declared they would render full support if their States wish to secede from India, the outfit continued.
On the other hand, conflicts with neighbouring countries particularly China and Pakistan have been escalating and India is facing possible loss of several parts of its purported territory.
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, recently quoting Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, stated that India was allegedly planning to take over the Governments of both Nepal and Sri Lanka. This will surely make all the neighbouring countries wary of India and India would be ultimately surrounded by hostile countries, the outfit asserted.
In such a situation, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh, taking the unfolding geopolitics into account, must support the liberation movements of WESEA and liberate the region in order to collectively face the alleged imperialistic and expansionist policy of India, it said.
The outfit alleged that as long as Manipur remains under the Indian rule, the misery of the people will never end.
The protracted peace talks for Nagas and its impacts on the society, the truce called Suspension of Operation (SOO) which fosters ethno-centric insurgencies and the toxic promise for territorial council are some of the formidable impediments imposed by India on the path of determining the future of Manipur.
These impediments have been creating divisions and fractures among the communities of Manipur thereby negating all efforts to bring any form of unity or cohesion.
“If we continue to languish under such detrimental situation, it would not be long before we are unable to safeguard our integrity. Moreover, the distinctive identities of each community will be diluted sooner than later and all of us will be living as Indians following their culture and traditions. It is our indispensable duty to unite together and work collectively to save our plural society before we are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea”, reads the statement.
RPF then said that it has its doors always opened to all the communities and ethnic groups of Manipur to join the liberation movement.
 Many people belonging to different ethnic groups are currently serving as freedom fighters under the banner of RPF and its army wing PLA, and many belonging to diverse communities have laid down their lives in the course of the liberation movement, it claimed.
Revolutionary groups and community leaders who believe in a united, plural Manipur have been working together. The contemporary movement is driven by a common goal to deliver dignity to all the people of Manipur and show to the whole world that there is a proud country called Manipur.
Differences in terms of language, religion or culture does not count in the new vibrant Manipur nor will there be any situation of forging alliances based on being majority or minority.
“Each and everyone will be guided by the common doctrine ‘We are one’ and we will discharge our duties for the common good. Today, some of us have come together and are working collectively. But we strongly believe that all the communities and ethnic groups will come together one day and walk on a common path”, it asserted.
The RPF president concluded by calling upon all communities to join hands as brothers in order to neutralize the multi-pronged strategy of India, which has been posing serious hindrance to all our endeavours towards unification with an alleged intention to keep Manipur under their complete control, and wage the war of liberation as one.