IMPHAL, Feb 19 NNN : The Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) said it is compelled to resume its suspended indefinite public blockade in all the lifelines of Manipur from midnight of February 24.
The Indefinite public blockade was suspended on January 27 following the assurance given by the government of India that political dialogue with KSDC and Kuki militant outfits under Suspension of Operation (SoO) on the issue of the Kuki state will start in the first or in the second week of February, 2013.
“However, till date, the government has not begun the political dialogue. Assurance after assurance, promise after promise, without any concrete evidence only exposes the lackadaisical attitude of the Government on the aspirations of the Kukis for a separate Kuki statehood within the parameters of Indian Constitution. The KSDC cannot tolerate any step-motherly treatment on the genuine demand of the Kuki people for their homeland. Therefore, we are forced to resume the indefinite public blockade in all the Kuki inhabited areas of Manipur, which will include all vehicular movement in all roads connecting the Imphal-Ulhrul road, Imphal Chandel road, Imphal-Moreh road, Imphal-Jiribam road, Imphal-Tamenglong road, Imphal-Leimatak hydroelectricity project road, Imphal-Churachandpur road, Imphal-Senapati road and Imphal-IT Road,” the KSDC said.
The public blockade will be intensified if the government of India is still adamant concerning the legitimate demand of the Kukis and the government will have to take full responsibility for any untoward incidents that might occur during the blockade, it added. The Kuki State Demand Committee further reiterates its stand that the government of India should create a separate Kuki state within Indian Union, nothing more, nothing less. “We demand that political dialogue should start immediately,” the KSDC demanded.
The KSDC appeals to all the Kukis around the globe, every churches associations, social organisations, village chieftains and people of all ages to join hands in the noble and legitimate mission for a Kuki state which will be carried out in a fashion, which will be a firm, but non-violent mass movement.
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