10 banned outfits of NE region call boycott of Republic Day and shut down on Jan 26
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IBNS): Ten banned insurgent groups of North East India have called for a given a call for a boycott of the 69th Republic Day celebrations and a total shut down on January 26.
United Liberation Front of West South East Asia (UNLFW), an umbrella organisation of five outfits- United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent), Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO) and National Democratic Front of Boroland (Songbijit)-has called for boycotting the Republic Day celebrations.
A press release, issued by Khango Konyak, Chairman of UNLFW, said: “UNLFW also calls a 24-hour shut down on January 26 in the region. It urges the people to not attend or gather at any governmental offices, public places."
UNLFW was formed in 2015 under the leadership of late SS Khaplang.
Apart from the UNLFW, five more banned militant groups of the region have also called for the boycott and an 11-hour total shut down on January 26 next.
In a joint statement, Chairman of People’s Democratic Council of Karbilongri (PDCK) J K Lijang, Chairman of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup(KYKL) N Oken, President of Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) Ksh Laba Meitei, Pulicity Secretary of Hynniutrep National liberation Council (HNLC) Sainkupar Nongtraw and Organizing Secretary of National Liberation Front Twipra (NLFT) Sengphui Borok said that the organizations have given separate calls for boycott and shutdown.
“We call upon all peoples of this region to fully support this ban considering the urgent need to resist Indian occupation of our land. This call shall go concurrently with bans declared by other fraternal outfits of our WESEA region,” a joint statement said.
Security has been beefed up in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and other states of the region ahead of the Republic Day celebrations.
Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura of the region are going to assembly polls next month.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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