IMPHAL, Feb 22 NNN: The Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) while alerting all the Kuki people to be ready for the ‘total public blockade’ to start from midnight of February 24 in the Kuki areas, it said today the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmmar (BCIM) Car Rally which is scheduled to pass Silchar (Assam) into ‘Kuki territories’ will not be allowed to transit through Kuki territories and to the exit point Manipur, India i.e the border town Moreh.
“Denying the rights of the Kukis and their political aspiration for Kuki Statehood and drawing economic mileage through its territories is robbing the rights and resources of the owners (Kukis) in a broad-day light which is hard to compromise. We have been cheated into letting the Asean-India car rally with promises of political talks for formation of Kuki state immediately following the winter session of parliament. It is a sad commentary on the integrity of the government of India that no tangible initiatives for political settlement of Kuki rights is forthcoming from them despite such promise in writing, even now as the budget session is about to begin.
The KSDC, and the Kuki public will no longer bite such deceitful baits this time. Not a single car of the BCIM CAR rally will be allowed to pass through Kuki territories and any attempt to use force will be met with equal measure of resistance. Any untoward incident occurring out of any disrespect towards this resolve of the Kuki people will be at the sole risk of participants of the rally, the Government of India shall hold responsibility for it fair and square.
Start political dialogue immediately with KSDC including Kuki militants for Kuki Political settlement in the form of Kuki State-the only panacea that will redress the grievances of Kukis in Manipur in all spheres,” KSDC information secretary George Guite said in a statement.
The KSDC demands the settlement of Kuki rights under the rights enshrined in the Constitution of India, and those denying the Kukis their rightful aspirations should hold themselves in contempt of the constitution. Justice shall prevail, or we shall die fighting for it, the KSDC leader added.
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