Manipur violence: Naga physique slams Kuki-Zo neighborhood for ‘blatant lies’, ‘distorting historical past’

Express News Service

GUWAHATI: The Nagas, who remained silent all alongside on the continued ethnic battle in Manipur, got here down closely on the Kuki-Zo neighborhood on Monday for allegedly distorting the historical past of Manipur.

The United Naga Council (UNC), Manipur’s apex Naga organisation, stated the title “Kuki” was first heard someday between 1830-1840.

“Historically, the advent of British in the history of Manipur has brought about many unwanted changes. One of the many problems that we inherit from the British colonial rule is the issue of the planting of the Kuki tribe in the Naga hills,” the UNC stated in a press release.

It stated as a mercenary tribe, the British discovered the Kukis fairly helpful. Their complete lack of attachment to any land and panorama was instantly recognised by the British, thus making them instrumental to crushing the indigenous communities of Manipur.

“The UNC would like to set the record straight that the recent blatant attempt of Kukis at distorting history of Kuki rebellion of 1917-1919 as Anglo-Kuki War to legitimize their imagined Kuki homeland within Naga ancestral homeland is one of the classic examples of their habitual lies,” the UNC stated.

It stated the Kuki riot of 1917-1919 was a “savage” episode of murdering, torching homes, plundering and enslaving girls and youngsters of indigenous Naga neighborhood in Ukhrul, Chandel and Tamenglong in Manipur.

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“Thus, it was never a war but a mere rebellion with the colonial power as there is no record of Anglo-Kuki War in the history of India (MHA),” the UNC stated.

It additionally stated that the Nagas had been shocked by the “blatant lies, lopsided history and fabricated information” contained in each assertion and memos issued by the Kuki-Zo neighborhood which was tantamount to distortion of Naga historical past and insult to the Nagas.

The UNC opposed the demand of Kuki-Zo neighborhood for separate administration incorporating two new districts carved out of Senapati and Chandel districts. It stated the 2 districts had been created by the then Congress authorities as a part of its appeasement coverage.

“The Kuki-Zo people’s representation to the Union government, Israel’s Prime Minister, European Parliament, UNO, etc. is on false territorial foundation and an attempt to befool those authorities because in the context of Manipur, the name Kuki was first heard sometime between 1830-1840 and therefore, ‘Kuki hills’ that appear in the fourth para of the mentioned memo to the Prime Minister of Israel is a non-existent and Utopian concoction,” the UNC stated.

It stated the memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the ten Kuki MLAs demanding the creation of the posts of chief secretary and director basic of police or equivalents, different posts in Kuki-Zo areas was nothing however a “mere different tune sung out of the same lyrics” – separate administration.

The UNC claimed Manipur was now flooded with unlawful immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh. It stated villages had been increasing and new villages had been being constructed at a fast tempo.

“Columns of illegal camps are being built in alarming rate near the town of Moreh and its surrounding areas to facilitate the settlement of those intruding Kukis from Myanmar. If the flow of illegal immigrants is not stopped by the Government of India and the Government of Manipur, the day will not be long when the Indigenous population will be reduced to a minority,” it warned.

GUWAHATI: The Nagas, who remained silent all alongside on the continued ethnic battle in Manipur, got here down closely on the Kuki-Zo neighborhood on Monday for allegedly distorting the historical past of Manipur.

The United Naga Council (UNC), Manipur’s apex Naga organisation, stated the title “Kuki” was first heard someday between 1830-1840.

“Historically, the advent of British in the history of Manipur has brought about many unwanted changes. One of the many problems that we inherit from the British colonial rule is the issue of the planting of the Kuki tribe in the Naga hills,” the UNC stated in a press release.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

It stated as a mercenary tribe, the British discovered the Kukis fairly helpful. Their complete lack of attachment to any land and panorama was instantly recognised by the British, thus making them instrumental to crushing the indigenous communities of Manipur.

“The UNC would like to set the record straight that the recent blatant attempt of Kukis at distorting history of Kuki rebellion of 1917-1919 as Anglo-Kuki War to legitimize their imagined Kuki homeland within Naga ancestral homeland is one of the classic examples of their habitual lies,” the UNC stated.

It stated the Kuki riot of 1917-1919 was a “savage” episode of murdering, torching homes, plundering and enslaving girls and youngsters of indigenous Naga neighborhood in Ukhrul, Chandel and Tamenglong in Manipur.

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“Thus, it was never a war but a mere rebellion with the colonial power as there is no record of Anglo-Kuki War in the history of India (MHA),” the UNC stated.

It additionally stated that the Nagas had been shocked by the “blatant lies, lopsided history and fabricated information” contained in each assertion and memos issued by the Kuki-Zo neighborhood which was tantamount to distortion of Naga historical past and insult to the Nagas.

The UNC opposed the demand of Kuki-Zo neighborhood for separate administration incorporating two new districts carved out of Senapati and Chandel districts. It stated the 2 districts had been created by the then Congress authorities as a part of its appeasement coverage.

“The Kuki-Zo people’s representation to the Union government, Israel’s Prime Minister, European Parliament, UNO, etc. is on false territorial foundation and an attempt to befool those authorities because in the context of Manipur, the name Kuki was first heard sometime between 1830-1840 and therefore, ‘Kuki hills’ that appear in the fourth para of the mentioned memo to the Prime Minister of Israel is a non-existent and Utopian concoction,” the UNC stated.

It stated the memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the ten Kuki MLAs demanding the creation of the posts of chief secretary and director basic of police or equivalents, different posts in Kuki-Zo areas was nothing however a “mere different tune sung out of the same lyrics” – separate administration.

The UNC claimed Manipur was now flooded with unlawful immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh. It stated villages had been increasing and new villages had been being constructed at a fast tempo.

“Columns of illegal camps are being built in alarming rate near the town of Moreh and its surrounding areas to facilitate the settlement of those intruding Kukis from Myanmar. If the flow of illegal immigrants is not stopped by the Government of India and the Government of Manipur, the day will not be long when the Indigenous population will be reduced to a minority,” it warned.