The boycott, however, will be relaxed for essential services, medical, electricity, water supply, fire service, press and religious ceremonies, said a statement issued by CorCOM.
TFM Desk
Coordinating Committee (CorCom), a conglomerate of proscribed armed groups, has announced that it will boycott Independence Day celebration in Manipur and imposed a total shutdown on August 15 from 1 AM till 6.30 PM.
The boycott, however, will be relaxed for essential services, medical, electricity, water supply, fire service, press and religious ceremonies, said a statement issued by CorCOM.
CorCom said that the government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi had issued the directive to hoist the tricolour in every house on August 15 as part of 75thyear celebration of India’s independence is an unseen strategy to hold on to its colonial rule in Western South East Asia (WESEA) and Manipur.
“’Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign of the government of India is a clandestine plan to impose Indianisation process to people whose lands were forcibly merged with India and it does not represent Manipur’s independence”, said CorCom.
Forcibly occupied, India is now challenged by sovereignty movements led by groups different region of WESEA to create ‘One nation, one religion, one language’ objective, added CorCom.
The conglomerate also alleged that the revocation of Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir and implementation of Citizen Amendment Act were clear examples of Hindu chauvinistic agenda and Hindutva policy based on Hindu chauvinism. CorCom said that it was a deliberate attempt to uproot indigenous communities who have unique culture, language and identity.
CorCom said that Manipur became one of the first few countries in the entire Asiatic continent to form a democratic government and the fact that Manipur had regained its independence was testified by India’s annexation in 1949. The group alleged that India occupied Manipur by using military force on October 15, 1949.