IMPHAL, August 10: The umbrella body of six militant outfits of Manipur, the Co-ordination Committee (CorCom) and other five militant outfits operating in the North-eastern region have announced a general strike on August 15 from 1 am to 5.30 pm boycotting the Independence Day celebration of India.
The CorCom, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council, Kamat Apur Liberation Organisaiton, National Democratic Front of Boroland, National Liberation Front of Twipra and United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) have issued a solidarity statement.
The banned militant outfits in its solidarity statement said, “As the Indian Independence Day approaches, we would like to remind that the peoples of the Western Southeast Asia cannot tolerate national humiliation and insult as a result of promoting jubilation by the enemy in our land.”
“……The Indian independence from the British rule in 1947 was merely a transfer of colonial power into the hands of the Indian rulers…….”
“Therefore, as in the previous years, the above-mentioned Organizations are jointly calling to boycott India`s Independence Day in the region on 15 August 2013; and as a mark of solidarity against Indian colonial occupation and military repression, a General Strike will be observed effective from 1 am to 5.30 pm in the entire region of the Western Southeast Asia. During these hours, essential services, emergency measures, media and religious activities are exempted from the purview of the general strike,” it said.