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MHA declares several Meitei extremist groups as ‘unlawful’ for five years

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Guwahati, Nov 13: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday declared several Meitei extremist organizations, including their factions, wings, and front organizations, as unlawful associations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

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The ban, valid for a period of five years, includes groups such as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF), United National Liberation Front (UNLF), Manipur Peoples’ Army (MPA), People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), and their respective armed wings.

The Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup (KYKL), Coordination Committee (CorCom), and Alliance for Socialist Unity Kangleipak (ASUK) were also listed. The ministry, through a notification, stated that the action is taken under 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.

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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