MHA declares several Meitei extremist organizations "Unlawful"
Nov 14, 2023Several Meitei extrimist organizations, their factions, wings and front organizations were on Monday declared as unlawful associations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for a period of five years.
The organizations that have been listed as unlawful include the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and its political wing, the Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and its armed wing the Manipur Poeples' Amry (MPA), the Poople's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and its armed wing, the Red Army.
Furthermore, 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) were also on the list.
Through a notification the ministry highlighted that the action is taken by exercising the "powers conferred by the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 3 of the said Act".
The order will be effective for a period of five years starting from Monday (November 13, 2023), it read.
The notification said, "In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby declares the Meitei Extremist Organisations, namely, the Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) and its political wing, the Revolutionary 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."
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