Agartala, 23 January
BOYCOTT INDIA’S REPUBLIC DAY : SOLIDARITY STATEMENT
By Kamotapur Liberation Organization (KLO),Manipur People’s Liberation Front (MPLF),Tripura People’s Democratic Front (TPDF), United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)
The imposition of Indian constitution in the region completes 59 years this 26 January. During this period, scores of thousands of our peoples have been killed, tortured, maimed and hundreds of our womenfolk have been raped by the Indian Occupation Forces. India has not shown any respect for the human rights, rather human values, of the peoples of the Region.
While upholding the genuine and legitimate aspirations of all the peoples and ethnic groups of the Region, we cannot but observe that the reorganization of the Region under the constitution of India, which is actually a colonial policy of ‘divide and rule’, has created a myriad of ethnic frictions and conflicts thereby undermining the basic unity of the Region. The Indian Constitution has artificially divided our peoples by classifying them as ‘tribes’, ‘castes’, ‘OBCs’, etc., etc. thus pitching them as contending opponents in the societies concerned. This has not only created antagonistic contradictions among the fraternal peoples but has also degraded the value of individual and collective life. In short, the Indian constitution has fragmented the Region on ethnic lines thereby gravely undermining the basic unity among the peoples of the Region. Besides, the huge influx of Indians into the Region remains the gravest threat to the distinctive ethnic identities of the Region. The only way to reverse the process is liberation of the Region from Indian colonial rule.
We believe in a political process to resolve the conflict satisfactorily. But we are firm in our stand to counter India’s military repression of our struggle even more vigorously. We will fight to the last for our sovereign independence. There can be no compromise on this issue.
In the above spirit for unity and common struggle, this Solidarity Statement calls upon all the freedom loving peoples of the Region to BOYCOTT India’s Republic Day and also to prevent any such celebrations from being held in our Region. In connection with the boycott a GENERAL STRIKE will be observed on 26 January 2009 from 1 am to 6 pm throughout the Region.
Meanwhile, we welcome the Statement of NDFB Chairman, D.R. Nabla rejecting India’s ‘peace-talk’ and upholding armed struggle as the only path for liberation from Indian colonial rule. We appeal to all the patriotic organizations of the Region to endorse this Solidarity Statement and observe the Boycott and General Strike in their own capacity.
“Reject Indian Constitution!” “Overthrow Indian Colonial Rule!”
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