According to revolutionary theory and principle, it is not without violence/ crime while dealing with reactionary elements that is universally and practically accepted to be true. Are the Kuki revolutionary leaders free from crime even though they killed the Hmars, the Paites or the Nagas, for that matter, the other revolutionary leaders of Manipur? Can you bar them from visiting their native home on the ground that they are responsible for the crimes of their organizations? If not, why have you pin-pointed Muivah only? How can the Kukis blame the Nagas alone? And, we along with the Meiteis and the Kukis condemn state police for committing countless fake encounters. In a sense, such crimes of the police are more criminal. For the police is law enforcing agents. If Muivah is branded as great criminal, they are also all more notorious criminals. Better stop this kind of cheap propaganda.
We demand that cases pending against Muivah with FIR Nos. and prima facie evidences be published within 5 days from the date of publication of this pamphlet by responsible group or authority. If the authority fails to do so we will treat the failure as no cases pending against him and charges raised against him as baseless.
WHY DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
The holding of election to the District council is a political gimmick orchestrated by Mr. Okram Ibobi Sing to gain an electoral mileage through the district Council election for his next Chief Minister ship. And the state Govt. suspected that Nagas opposition to District council elections was done at the behest of NSCN (IM). Has Nagas self determination something to do with district council? The only demand of the tribal people is the enhancement of power which is devoid in the 3trd Amendment Act 2008 of the Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Council Act 1971. In fact the present Act is much less of the provision guaranteed under the Article 371 –C. So with the misreading the opposition and the calculation of the prospects for next State Legislative Assembly Election, the State govt. went ahead for the District Council Elections without heeding the genuine demand of the tribals. In this regard, it is our resolute stand that no fulfillment of our demand means-no turning back from our agitation, true what is greater is not District Council
And any further step of the step govt. to further electoral process along with the constitution of the house of district Council without proper popular mandate, the initiatives may complicate the issue or get diluted aggravating the tension. There goes a saying ’A spark neglected burns the house’, and also failure to amend a small hole may lead to mending of a bigger hole’ will be true to the State govt.
A REPARTEE TO KIM
If Muivah is barred from entering Manipur, has been exiled on account of the ethnic clash or being a revolutionary Leader? Did not both the Nagas and Kukis commit similar crimes on each other during the ethnic clash? Why are the Nagas, for that matter, Muivah, singled out? How long can the Kukis cry with the Meiteis against the Nagas? Do the Kukis understand, how long the Meiteis will protect and safeguard their rights is a million dollar worth question.
Regarding Naga Integration issue, it is not originated with Th. Muivah. When you rake up the history of the Naga Liberation Movement, it began as early as 1929. Is not silly on the part of the groups in question to make Muivah responsible for Nagas integration Issue? And the first Indo-Naga Ceasefire in 1964 covered all Nagas inhabited areas including Manipur. Why wake up only today?
The written history and the archeological findings show that no group except the Austro-Negrito group preceded the Manipur Nagas in their present habitats. Moreover, it is a universally accepted principle that in the building of a nation ‘will’ of every section is supreme above everything. The Nagas treat late comers as ethnic fellows not as fold-fellows.
Your intention for foregoing Naga Integration plan by making a flimsy pretext of apprehension for excluding non- Nagas speaks of shallow assessment of Naga Nation. However, the Nagas always tolerate and will continue to tolerate minority groups in the generation to come.
While national Government (India) is at peace with Issac Swu and Muivah and the National Workers of their organizations, what deeds of Muivah are chargeable? Such charges are a ploy devised to thwart Naga peace process.
If the Nagas are blamed for killing and displacing Kukis how about those Nagas who suffered similar cruelty at the hands of the Kukis, during the Kuki-Naga ethnic clash? Moreover, how about those triple 900 Nagas killed during Kuki Rebellion (1917 -1919) in four present districts of Manipur by the so called Kuki freedom fighters. Was not, Churachandpur Maharaj of Manipur also who issued 600 muzzle loading guns to those 2000 Kukis irregulars during the conflict, responsible for the infamous massacre?
And if you want justice from the court for the so called crimes of the Nagas, we also demand similar justice for Kukis atrocities committed against the nags during their rebellion and ethnic clash of the 1990s.
Letter to Th. Muivah by Rev. Dr. T. Lumkim, Chairman of Kuki Movement for Human Rights, published in the Sangai Express dated 10/06/2010; it is surprisingly unbecoming of his stature. If you want to work for Peace, hold middle ground. A cannot be at Peace with B, if A always kicks B for peace. The Meiteis afford to be blind to those realities stated above and incite the Kukis. But how long can you do so?
(Thomas Kamei)
Tamenglong District H/Q
