Imphal, Sep 17: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh assured a delegation of Manipur that the Centre would use IAF planes to destroy poppy fields in Manipur if the state government were to approach it for the same.
The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an umbrella body of civil society organisations based in the Imphal valley, recently met Rajnath Singh at his official residence in New Delhi and briefed him about narco-terrorism.
COCOMI shared a long list of threat of very serious issues such as leaking of sensitive information to foreign nations,” access to sensitive databases of the GoI like changing the address of Imphal airport to Lamka and changing the addresses of many Meitei Aadhaar cards and PMYJ cards to Kuki address”.
COCOMI also demanded that “narco-terrorism and illegal immigrants need immediate attention and action should be taken up against them since they have violated ground rules of Suspension of Operations, all the poppy plantation be destroyed and action should be taken against those who are involved in this criminal act and the Suspension of Operations Agreement be abrogated.”
The defence minister was urged to give the necessary directions to the Assam Rifles and the Army to refrain from such activities.
The group said the delegation also highlighted the letter written to the Editors’ Guild of India by the Army’s 3rd Corps (information warfare cell), video released of “demystifying of peaceful blockade led by women in Manipur”, some videos where Army officers engaged with Kuki armed groups in a friendly manner and explosives made in India used by the AR or Army which “led to mistrust by Meitei community”.
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