13 militant groups call shutdown on Jan 26
In a joint statement, United Liberation Front of WeSEA (UNLFW), Coordination Committee of Manipur (CorCom), Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) have called a total shutdown in the region to protest against the Republic Day celebration.
“We call upon our citizens to make a strong, clear message, and protest against the imposed celebration of the forthcoming Republic day in our WESEA region,” the militant groups said in a joint statement.
“We are also calling for a total shutdown of our region from 12.01 am to 6 pm of January 26,” said in the statement mailed to media.
The UNLFW was formed by ULFA (I), NDFB, NSCN (K) and KLO last year.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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