New Delhi:As many as10 sitting MLAs of the Manipur Assembly adopted a resolution to approach the central government with a demand to extend the Armed Forces Special (Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the remaining 13 police jurisdictions within Imphal Valley to facilitate the recovery of the more than 6,000 sophisticated weapons looted by Meitei militia since May 3, 2023.
"The imposition of AFSPA as per orders dated November 14, 2024, indeed needs immediate review to extend the act in the remaining 13 police jurisdictions within Manipur/Imphal Valley to facilitate the recovery of the more than 6,000 sophisticated weapons looted by Meitei militia since May 3, 2023. This is a long-pending action required to contain the violence," the resolution adopted by the sitting legislators from the Hmar-Kuki-Zocommunity said.
The development comes days after the Union home ministryreimposed AFSPA in five districts of Manipur. A copy of the resolution, accessed by ETV Bharat, further said Arambai Tenggol and Meitei Leepun (both Meetei civil society organisations) should be declared unlawful organisations.
"The resolution for a declaration by the Government of India, of 'Kuki Militants' responsible for the killing of six innocents, must be preceded by the declaration of the Arambai Tenggol and Meitei Leepun as Unlawful Organisations under relevant laws. Village volunteers are not an organisation, but youth defending their villages from the murderous attacks by Arambai Tenggol, the so-called G5 (a conglomerate of five underground outfits of the Meitei majority) aided by the state police and, in the case of Jiribam by the CRPF," the resolution claimed.