The apex body of the Kuki students in Kangpokpi Sadar Hills, the Kuki Students' Organization Sadar Hills sought to register an FIR against Meitei Leepun's chief Pramot Singh to the Superintendent of Police Kangpokpi as it also posed eighteen questions for the Union Home Minister and Manipur Chief Minister.
The student body requested the SP of Kangpokpi to register an FIR against Pramot Singh, chief of the Meitei Leepun for openly spreading hate speech and discriminatory remarks against the Kuki community in his interview with Karan Thapar on June 6 for The Wire.
The KSO Sadar Hills seek an FIR against the Meitei Leepun's chief considering the Orders of the Supreme Court on October 21, 2022, January 31, 2023, and April 28, 2023, in the case of Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay vs Union of India & Ors (Justice K.M. Joseph and Justice B.V Nagarathna) for openly spreading hate speech and discriminatory remarks against the Kuki community in his interview in The Wire with anchor Karan Thapar.
The student body stated that the Meitei Leepun is an organization which claimed to work to unite the people of the Meitei community settling in different parts of the globe. However, it is a communal organization with a Meitei nationalist agenda to strengthen and safeguard the interest of only the Meitei community at the cost of other communities.
It also stated that Pramot Singh's organization, the Meitei Leepun have their own volunteers and units everywhere, in all the districts of the hills and valleys and conducted meetings at the meeting hall set up by them at various places.
The KSO Sadar Hills also stated that Pramot Singh openly declared in the interview with Karan Thapar that if the Government, either in Delhi or in Manipur, does not intervene quickly, "there will be civil war" and the "Kukis will not be able to defend themselves" while bluntly stating that the Kukis would be "wiped out" in the 15 kilometres, where he claimed, they [the Kukis] set up roadblocks and encroachments.
Pramot Singh also categorically proclaimed in the interview that the Kukis are "outsiders" and they are not part of the family and are not "indigenous to Manipur" while describing them [the Kukis] as "tenants" in Manipur, the KSO stated.
It also stated that more importantly, the Meitei Leepun's chief, Pramot Singh said in the interview that the majority of the Kukis are "illegal" although he did not have any facts and evidence to back up his claim.
The student body further stated that Pramot Singh in his tweet/post on April 28, 2023 had stated that "This is the right time....let's annihilate our traditional rival on the hills and live peacefully" which is a proof preplanned intention to attack the Kuki community.
On the same day, Pramot Singh in his facebook post stated that, "Cut down the forest, dry up the rivers, finish them off, meanwhile let's build a homeland....this is our time. Then let's annihilate our traditional river on the hills and live peacefully thereafter", stated the KSO.
The student body then stated the above extracted speeches indicate Pramot Singh's hatred and inciting and promoting enmity against the Scheduled Tribe community in general and the Kuki community in particular, while urging the SP Kangpokpi to register an FIR immediately against the Meitei Leepun's chief Pramot Singh in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court in Lalita Kumari's case.
Meanwhile, deeply concerned about the escalating violence that has engulfed the state since May 3, the KSO Sadar Hills seek answers and accountability from the Home Minister of India and the Chief Minister of Manipur regarding the deteriorating law and order situation and the safety of the people as the wide-scale violence has resulted in immense suffering, loss of innocent lives, and a widespread sense of fear and insecurity among the residents.
As a student body, the KSO said, we strongly condemned any form of violence and firmly believe that every individual has the right to live in a peaceful and secure environment.
The Kuki Students' Organization Sadar Hills then posed eighteen questions for the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Manipur's Chief Minister N. Biren Singh to answer.
Is it true that a relative of the Chief Minister of Manipur is a prominent drug lord in Imphal?
Is it true that a relative of the former Chief Minister of Manipur is a prominent drug lord in Imphal?. Are you ready to disclose the report made by the Former Additional SP Brinda Thongnaojam to the Chief Minister where she gave the names of politicians and drug lords engaged in the drug business in Manipur?
Are you aware that in Thoubal District right under your nose there is a drug manufacturing facility which converts poppy produce into brown sugar/ heroin for years?
Can you explain that though over 3000 FIRs have been filed there is not a single FIR against the Arambai Tenggol members and its head Kourounganba Khuman?
Photographs of Arambai Tenggol members and its head Kourounganba Khuman carrying sophisticated weapons have appeared in the media. Is it the Government’s view that their possession of such weapons is lawful?
Can you explain why no FIRs has been filed against Pramot Singh the head of the Meitei Leepun who has been video-graphed in an TV interview saying that they will annihilate and wiped out all the Kukis-Zo people from Manipur?
Are you aware of the judgement of the Supreme Court where Justice KM Joseph and Justice BV Nagarathna in an order directed police and authorities to “immediately and suo-motu register cases against hate speech makers without waiting for a complaint to be filed"? Why was this not done in the case of Kourounganba Khuman and Pramot Singh?
Is it correct that after Mr Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General of India, gave solemn assurances to the Supreme Court on 8.5.2023 and 17.05.2023 that all killings would be stopped and that all killings had in fact stopped, that about 100 killings (including women and children) and burning down of villages of Kuki-Zomi-Hmar have happened after the assurance?
Can you confirm that over 90% of those killed are Kuki-Zomi-Hmar?
Media has widely reported that certain groups looted the armories of the police stations, Indian Reserved Battalions and Manipur Riffle Camps. Can you provide the names of the police stations and camps where there was no resistance by the Officers in-Charge at all and not a single shot was fired to prevent the looting?
Was any action taken against those in-charge of the police stations for not resisting the looting?
On what basis were the members of the Commission of inquiry chosen when reputed and unbiased Mr Justice Retd A.P. Shah former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and former Chairman of the Law Commission of India was available?
Is it true that even though the Indian Army which is trusted by the people was stationed in Imphal prior to 3.05.2023 when the killings began, orders were not issued by the Chief Minister for the army to intervene at will to prevent blood sheds even till today?
Is it true that Art 355 of the Indian Constitution which requires the Central Government to take charge of the public order situation in the State, has been declared? If yes why did the Chief Minister order the Army Commanders not to act without his order?
How many more Tribals must be killed before the Central Government imposes President Rule?
Is it justified for the Chief Minister against whom there are serious allegations as the instigator of the violence, to include himself in the Peace Committee?
How many Tribal dead bodies are still lying in the mortuaries and since when? How many are in cold storage and how many are outside and since when? How many post mortems are yet to be done?
The Hills Journal
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