Subhechcha Ganguly 
The ministry outlawed nine Meitei extremist organisations on November 13th due to their involvement in “secessionist, subversive, terrorist, and violent activities.”For the purpose of determining whether or not there is sufficient justification for prohibiting the Meitei Extremist Organisations of Manipur, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has established a tribunal under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The tribunal is composed of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi of the Gauhati High Court.The ministry outlawed nine Meitei extremist organisations on November 13th due to their involvement in “secessionist, subversive, terrorist, and violent activities.”
These include the Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) and its political wing, the Revolutionary Peoples’ Front (RPF); the Peoples’ Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and its armed wing, the “Red Army”; the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and its armed wing, also known as the “Red Army”; the Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup (KYKL); the Coordination Committee (CorCom) and the Alliance for Socialist Unity Kangleipak (ASUK), along with all of their front organisations, wings, and factions.
“To determine whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring the Meitei Extremist Organisations of Manipur, MHA has constituted the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, which is composed of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, Judge of the Gauhati High Court,” according to a notification it released on Tuesday.According to the government, these groups are engaging in activities that undermine India’s sovereignty and integrity, including attacks on law enforcement, security forces, and people in Manipur.
The Meitei extremist organisations, according to the Centre, have been involved in the following: “engaging in activities prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, employing and engaging in armed means to achieve their aforesaid objectives, attacking and killing security forces, police, and civilians in Manipur, engaging in acts of intimidation, extortion, and looting of civilian population for collection of funds for their organisations, making contact with sources abroad for influencing public opinion and for securing their assistance in the form of arms and training for the purpose of achieving their secessionist objective, and maintaining camps in neighbouring countries for the purpose of sanctuaries, training, and covert acquisition of arms and ammunition.”
