The proscribed Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) on Wednesday stated that it has observed the raising day of its armed wing Meeyamgi Yawol Lanmee (MYL) throughout Kangleipak (Manipur) and beyond, including its general headquarters-1st Bn., central headquarters, 2nd Bn., 3rd Bn., units, and sections.
In a release issued by its secretary, publicity and research A Yaiphaba, KYKL stated that on February 16 of 2005, the valiant liberation fighters of MYL launched an attack on a patrol party of the 10th Assam Rifles, during which five Assam rifles personnel were killed following KYKL's establishment of its armed wing, Meeyamgi Yawol Lanmee (MYL).
Following MYL's establishment, this was the first significant attack against the Indian occupation forces, it stated. To commemorate this event, the central committee of KYKL declared it as ‘Lanmee gi Numit’ (The day of Army). Since then, February 16 has been marked as ‘Army Day,’ it added.
The main function was held at central headquarters under the chairmanship of supreme commander, MYL, KYKL N Oken. The observation was attended by many prominent and important members of the armed wing as well as the Central Committee, it stated.
The function began with the hoisting of the party flag by the supreme commander, it mentioned. As part of the occasion, the supreme commander spoke categorically about the challenges the national liberation movement faces, it added.
He also stated that the revolutionary movement “we are launching now is related to the question of our continued existence as a people, which is why this is a crucial movement that we cannot abandon or run away from,” KYKL stated.
The supreme commander said, “Our society today is riddled with many unnatural phenomena. It is a society crumbling in every sphere: economy, politics, social structure, even moral behaviours. There are significant questions to be answered regarding why societies crumble and what the way out is.”
Giving a definitive answer to the question is the epochal task of revolutionary leaders and today's youth, he said. “If we dig a little deeper, we can find that our society has been caught in the trap holes of Indian colonial economy, politics, and culture. Because the Indian colonial economy devastated Kanglei's economic backbone and all productive forces, we have become entirely reliant on Indian handouts,” he mentioned.
“We have come to believe that we could not exist without the Indians. As a result of the Indian Hinduization process, our social and cultural identities have been gradually diluted,” he added. For the Indian policy of wiping out the indigenous people from the earth, they have used both repressive state apparatus, which is a hard tool, and ideological state apparatus, which is a bit softer and yet equally powerful, it mentioned.
“As a result of all these machinations, we have today become a bunch of people who have disintegrated in all spheres. This fact implies that if we continue to exist under Indian colonialism, our nation is on the path to extinction. We shall never be able to steer our society down the correct historical path under Indian colonialism,” he further stated.
It stated that the Indian colonialism's principal objective is to uproot indigenous people from their land and replace them with Hindus from mainland India. “It is self-evident that if we continue to be a part of India under its colonial rule, we will cease to exist as a people. The other reality implicit in this situation is that the freedom struggle we are currently waging against India is correct,” it stated.
On the occasion, N Oken appealed to all revolutionary organisations and cadres to take an oath to transform themselves into true revolutionary armies, equipped with revolutionary principles and revolutionary consciousness, capable of confronting and overcoming the current challenges, it mentioned.
Many prominent KYKL's central committee members and important persons from MYL's armed wing spoke after the supreme commander finished his address, it further stated. They all stressed the significance of continuing the fight with a new strategy and energy. They also all expressed a need to make our armed wing more disciplined and dedicated, it added.
