Guwahati, Nov 13: In a major development, as many as 11 Meitei extremist groups from Manipur have been banned by the Central government for a period of five years.
In a notification dated 13th November, 2023, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declared 11 Meitei extremist organisations as “unlawful associations” under Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, 1967.
According to the notification, these 11 Meitei groups have been banned for: “establishment of an independent nation by secession of Manipur from India through armed struggle and to incite indigenous people of Manipur for such secession.”
“The Central Government, having regard to the circumstances, is further of opinion that it is necessary to declare the Meitei Extremist Organisations viz., the Peoples’ Liberation army (PLA) and its political wing, the evolutionary Peoples’ Front (RPF), the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and its armed wing the Manipur Peoples’ Army (MPA), the Peoples’ Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and its armed wing, the “Red Army”, the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and its armed wing, also called the “Red Army”, the Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup (KYKL), the Coordination Committee (CorCom) and the Alliance for Socialist Unity Kangleipak (ASUK) along with all their factions, wings and front organisations as ‘unlawful associations’ and accordingly, in exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 3 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby directs that this notification shall, subject to any order that may be made under section 4 of the said Act, have effect from the 13th day of November, 2023, for a period of five years,” the MHA notification by Additional Secretary, Piyush Goyal read.
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