KUKI NATIONAL ORGANISATION
GOVERNMENT OF ZALE’N-GAM


Ref No: 03-12/09 Dated Manmasi, 23rd March 2009

PRESS COMMUNIQUE

As the Kuki Students’ Organisation, Delhi commemorated the 2nd Anniversary of the first ever “Kuki Students’ Up-Rising” on 23rd March. The Kuki National Organisation send its solemn salute to all the students organizations namely HSAD (Hmar), KZPD (Simte), ZSPD (Zou), SSPP (Paite), Zillai (Vaiphei), DMZD (Mizo), KRSUD (Komrem), SINLUNG, SIPHRO, NSUD (Naga), Ao Students Union, NSUI, DUSU, JNUSU, ABVP, DFI, AISA, NSF etc. who demonstrated their solidarity towards the cause and sufferings of the Kukis. And especially to those 154 ‘brave’ students who were dumped inside the infamous Tihar Jail.
On this historic day, the 23rd March, 2007, more than 800 Kuki Students in Delhi & NCR along with other philanthropic students’ organization surrendered their career, time and pure blood to dissent the legacy of the British Imperialist towards the Kukis propagated by the Manipur and Central Government of India. On this fateful day, 154 Kuki Students, including innocent or juvenile, were expedite to Tihar Jail at the cost of raping, torturing, maiming and what not against the Kukis in Manipur.
The terrorist-United National Liberation Front raped more than 20 Hmar-Kuki women at Parbung, Churachandpur District, Manipur. Besides maiming many Kukis by planting landmines and IEDs, they abducted more than 700 innocent Kukis from Chandel District, Manipur, including aged, infant and pregnant women in collaboration with Military Junta of Myanmar on the fateful night of 13th March, 2007. Both the parties held high integrity among their ranks by raping, maiming and abducting the innocent Kukis. Such indecent and barbarous act of the terrorist-UNLF and Military Junta of Myanmar against the Kukis provoke the heart of young and committed Kuki Students in and around the national capital of India on 23rd March, 2007. The students who marched towards the Indian parliament to highlight the plights of the Kukis were meted with defamatory words, molesting ladies, lathi charging, water cannoning, stone throwing, and tear gassing and even firing from service arms by the Delhi Police and RAF.
Despite negligence and non-co-operation from the police forces, the state as well as the central government on their charter of demands, the Kuki Students never lose their mind but rather face the brutalities of the government forces to save the image of the Kukis.

Therefore, as the pen is mightier than sword the KNO took this privilege to honour and sincerely appeal to our students to be the vanguard of the Kuki society and play more pro-active role in ameliorating the pathetic present day Kuki nation.



Sd/-
Lenin H Kuki
Secretary Information & Publicity
Kuki National Organisation
MANMASI