Bharat built on oppressing smaller Nations, alleges RPF-I

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Sep 24: The proscribed Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) has alleged that Bharat or India is a country built on oppressing and stripping away the rights of many smaller Nations, all under the dominance of a powerful society defined by one particular religion and language.
A statement issued by RPF acting president MM Ngouba on the 46th raising day of the People’s Liberation Army or PLA (September 25) asked why people have to endure so much suffering and oppression in a country like Bharat which claims to uphold democracy and independence.
Apart from offering revolutionary salute to all the heroes who have sacrificed their lives during the National liberation movement, acting president MM Ngouba conveyed deep respect to all the liberation army comrades, comrades of all revolutionary organisations and all the people of Manipur.
It has been more than sixteen months, and still, the Bharat Government continues to oppress and terrorize the people of Manipur through the use of proxies and paid foreign mercenaries, the statement alleged.
On top of that, certain groups of people who are always eager to please their colonial masters have further exacerbated the situation for both the people and the State.
“Khangenfam youre” is the desperate cry of the people today. (“Khangenfam” is the place in the courtyard where a dead body is placed before the final rites). Today there should not be anyone who is unaware of how the people of Manipur have arrived at this stage, it said.
Manipur had already hoisted her “National Flag” and declared independence on 14th August, 1947. The forced annexation of Manipur under the "Merger Agreement" is considered illegal and the people of Manipur have declared it null and void.
From the perspective of international law, Manipur is an occupied territory, controlled by the Indian armed forces, and has been governed by a colonial administration ever since, MM Ngouba said.
Having been deprived of the right to manage their own affairs, Manipuri people find themselves powerless against the series of disasters inflicted upon them by India, he said.
Ngouba continued, “It has become evident during our long journey of National liberation that the Bharat Government is not only dishonest and untrustworthy but will also go to any lengths to support and protect wrongdoers.”
Ever since the inception of the People's Liberation Army in Manipur, many individuals have sacrificed their lives to liberate ‘our motherland and our people’.
The Indian Government and its occupying forces have killed around 1,500 individuals, and many others remain victims of enforced disappearance during the course of this liberation war. Despite numerous attempts by various organizations and individuals to achieve justice, the Bharat Government has not only failed to provide a proper or clear response but has also shown indignity, he said.
Citing “Oting Massacre” that took place on December 4, 2021 in Mon district of Nagaland where 21 Para Special Forces of the Indian Army ambushed a group of coal miners returning home, killing six people on the spot followed by seven other innocent individuals who were also shot and killed in the subsequent protest, the RPF acting president’s statement accused the Bharat Government of always protecting offenders and wrongdoers.
Such killings carried out by the Bharat Government are the fate shared by not only Manipur, Nagaland, and Assam; similar incidents have occurred throughout the WESEA region, where everyone stands against colonization.
Instead of providing true justice for the oppression, arrests, and killings by its armed forces, Bharat Government defends the offenders and attempts to silence the masses.
There is another history of deception and insincerity that parallels the history of the heinous crimes committed by the Bharat Government and its armed forces.
For years, some revolutionary organizations, having stepped back from armed struggle, have been trying to find a solution on the table.
However, instead of providing genuine resolutions, the Bharat Government has misled these revolutionary organizations and the people by offering items like Framework Agreement, Suspension of Operations, Homecoming Ceremony, and Ceasefire Agreement, the statement read.
It said that the independence of Bharat is merely in name. They have never abandoned the British colonial mentality of greed and encroachment on others’ territories; instead, they embraced it and advanced even more forcefully.
Though they claim to have been independent for over 70 years, nothing has changed regarding Bharat's divide-and-rule system or its oppressive laws.
Today’s Bharat has no real foundation; it is simply the colonial crown passed from the British to them. In reality, it’s a country built on oppressing and stripping away the rights of the many smaller nations, all under the dominance of a powerful society defined by one particular religion and language.
As some in Bharat have said, their so-called independence was merely an exchange of power from “one set of crooks to another set of crooks”, it said.
Dreaming of an Akhanda Bharat, they forcibly annexed many Nation-States, and where annexation was not possible, they sought to encroach on neighbouring countries’ territories or pressured them into becoming client States under Bharat’s influence, a clear extension of colonial tactics, MM Ngouba said.
They still haven’t returned the territory that belongs to Nepal, cunningly merged Sikkim with Bharat, and have kept Bhutan as an undeclared vassal State of Bharat, he continued.
People from every corner, fed up and intolerant, have risen up to stand against Bharat’s colonial encroachment tactics, loudly opposing their actions. Nepal has now raised its voice, demanding the return of its encroached territory from Bharat. The people of the Maldives have demonstrated that they will not tolerate Bharat’s infringement in the internal politics of the Maldives.
Bhutan has begun asserting her rights in the management of her own affairs. Agitations and movements against Bharat’s colonial encroachment tactics towards neighbouring countries have grown significantly stronger and more powerful today, the statement read.
One very distinguished example is the movement in Bangladesh. This movement represents one of the most significant defeats for Bharat’s colonial mindset and its behaviour as a dominant power, it remarked.