RPF’S CALL ON FOREIGN INSURGENTS
PRESS RELEASE | PR No.24007 Date: 2024-06-21
In 1994, the representatives of Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) met with Mr Alexander and Dr Benjamin, the leaders of Chin National Front (CNF) of Myanmar, in Bangladesh to establish a relationship and to build camps inside their territory even if the relationship of CNF with the Indian Intelligence and Indian Army were well known. In 1995, Dr Benjamin asked unexpectedly about RPF’s “Weapons Transportation Planning” and he even demanded twenty-five percent of the consignment as levy if it was to pass through their territory. Thereafter, CNF aided the Operation GOLDEN BIRD initiated by Indian Army in 1995 to intercept weapon consignments providing details to Indian Military Intelligence.
Then in 1997, the RPF leaders met with a prominent leader of CNF at UN Building in Geneva, Switzerland and there ensued a brief argument between the two sides about the 1995 incident (OP: Golden Bird) however the two organisations brought an understanding finally. RPF expressed to the leader of the CNF that “Even if we have different enemies, in principle we are revolutionary brother who are fighting for our freedom. We are not enemies; we should not fight each other”. Since then (1997) there has been no confrontation between the two organisations but then again, about a quarter of century later, on January 13, 2022 a joint force of Indian Army’s Special Force Para Regiment and Chin National Army (CNA), army of CNF attacked a PLA camp.
On 13th November 2021, PLA killed a Commanding Officer (CO) of Assam Rifles in an ambush who was boastful himself as a “Friend of Chin and Kuki people”. Because of his overweening arrogance and defying operation protocols, he lost everything including his own life. The disgraceful Indian Army and Indian Intelligence pressured CNF to take revenge against PLA for killing the CO of AR who was dearest friend of CNF and Chin-Kuki people. Thereby, in the early morning of January 13, 2022, a combined forces of 21 Para Regiment (Special Force) of Indian Army along with CNA attacked 252 Mobile Battalion of PLA (date 13 was choosing intentionally to match the 13th of November to justify revenge?). In the said attack revenge, three PLA cadres made the ultimate sacrifice and the Indian and Chin combined force had also suffered around a dozen of causalities among them CNA had lost many of its valuable cadres including officers meaninglessly.
Furthermore, Indian Army has been using Kuki National Army-Burma (KNA-B) cadres as a proxy force to attack PLA and other revolutionary organisations of our Region. In addition, India is using the name of KNA-B for India’s Unconventional Military Activities – the conduct of sabotage, subversion, and destabilisation through undeclared Indian forces – outside WESEA Region targeting Myanmar directly.
On the other hand, RPF does not have any policy or reason to attack any foreign insurgents.Therefore, PLA, in principle and praxis, never attack them except defending ourselves. The fraternal insurgent groups must understand that RPF’s conflict is only with India since India had occupied of our country forcibly in 1949 and RPF is resisting India’s occupation. Any publications or posts in the mass media about PLA attacking to other foreign insurgents or ethnic communities are not only “far from the truth” but also a cheap propaganda initiated by India and its henchmen. A cheap propaganda cannot tarnish the image of RPF because everybody knows that “RPF always has a bee in its bonnet about Principle”; Principle is the backbone of a genuine revolutionary organisation.
Here and now, RPF would like to appeal again to all genuine insurgent organisations of neighbouring country that you are not our conflicting parties of WESEA Region. In principle we are Revolutionary Brothers therefore there is no reason to be at war with each other. Therefore, RPF is calling on you to stop attacking us, the Revolutionary Organisations of WESEA. RPF and its army PLA have a desire to maintain amity with any genuine insurgents of neighbouring foreign country. If so, we can prevent ourselves from unnecessary loss of lives and resources too. For the moment, to protect ourselves from any kind of assault in the future PLA ought to take up “best form of defensive”.
We should beware that Deception and Betrayal are trademarks of the Government of India and politicians as well. On the verge of OP: Golden Bird, the Indian Army misinformed the Myanmar Government that a joint force of CNF and PLA were going to attack Myanmar Military Posts in Chin State of Myanmar. When Myanmar knew India’s deception and some other reasons, Myanmar Army pulled out of the operation.
Post 1971 Bangladesh people frowned upon India even though Bangladesh got India’s support in their liberation movement for meddling in their internal affairs and espousing the mala fide intent that India should have annexed Bangladesh instead of helping Bangladesh to get its independence.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an armed insurgency fighting for a separate state in Sri Lanka, assassinated Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 because of India’s betrayal and role of Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) against LTTE in Sri Lanka.
For how long India would be using CNF and KNA-B as disposable tools for India’s benefit in the name of supporting their struggle for Democracy against Myanmar Government? Moreover, the policy of fighting against revolutionary organisation of WESEA Region and appointing Assam Rifles soldiers as Commanders of KNA-B, is reallya right call? It is high time for Myanmar insurgents especially KNA-B, by way of learning from the history and experience of Bangladesh and LTTE, to think again about the policy and outlook towards India and more importantly towards the fraternal revolutionary organisations of WESEA Region engaging in a critical retrospection. This is RPF’s genuine call on Myanmar Insurgents.
Roben Khuman
Deputy Secretary Publicity
Revolutionary People’s Front
Date. 2024-06-21.
Meiteilon version:
RPF NA MEERAM GI LALHOUBASINGDA KHANGHANJABA
Engkumja 1994 da Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) ki luchingba singna Myanmar gi Chin National Front (CNF) ki luchingba Mr Alexander amasung Dr Benjamin Bangladesh ta unnakhi. CNF ka India gi Intelligence amasung Indian Army ga mari leinei haiba khangna-khangna CNF ka mari thamnaba amasung makhoi gi lamda camp hangnanabagi damak wari sannakhi. 1995 da ekhang-khanghoudana Dr Benjamin na RPF ki “Khutlai Honnabagi Thourang” (Weapons Transportation Planning) leibra haina hanglakkhi amasung makhoi gi lam faoduna puba tarabadi puriba potsing adugi chada kunmanga (25%) makhoida pigadabani hairakkhi. Matung tarakpada Indian Army na Engkumja 1995 da khutlai puba thatnaba hangdokpa Operation GOLDEN BIRD asida CNF na India gi Military Intelligence ta akuppa pao piduna mateng pangkhi.
Engkhumja 1997 da amuk RPF ki luchingbasingga CNF ki maruoiba luchingba ama Switzerland gi Geneva da leiba UN Building da unnakhi. Unnaba asida 1995 gi thoudok (OP: Golden Bird) ki matangda marei ngaihak yetnakhi adum oinamak aroibada lup animak yanaba ama puminnaraktuna nemthanakhi loinana RPF ki maikeidagi CNF ki luchingba aduda “Eikhoigi yeknaba khennaba oirabasu principle ama oina eikhoisi eikhoi-eikhoigi ningtamtamnabagi damk lanthengnariba yaol eachin-enao ni. Eikhoi amaga-amaga yengthinafam thokte; eikhoi masel lan soknaroidabani” haina fongdokkhi. Hairiba matam (1997) asidagi lup ani asi khatna-cheinaba amata yaonadana chaorakna chahi kunmangamuk leiraklaba matungda amukhanna CNF ki lanmi Chin National Army (CNA) na Indian Army gi Special Force Para Regiment ga punduna Engkumja 2022 gi January 13 da PLA gi Camp ta landarakpada yaorakkhi.
Engkumja 2021 gi November 13 da masana masabu “Chin-Kuki gi Marup” ni haina achaoram kajaba Assam Rifles ki Commanding Officer (CO) ama PLA gi ambush amada leikhide. CO asigi ngakchao thekpa amadi napanna Operation gi Protocol sing ngaktabadagi masagi punsida nattana mahakki leijabasing loina mang-takkhi. CNF amasung Chin-Kuki gi achanba marup oiramba AR gi CO asi hatkhibagi laman khumgadabani haina mamai puba ngamdraba Indian Army amasung Indian Intelligence singna CNF ta taksinkhi. Taksinba asina maram oiduna 2022 gi January 13 gi anganba ayukta Indian Army gi 21 Para Regiment (Special Force) amasung CNA gi apunba khupu amana PLA gi 252 Mobile Battalion da landarakkhi (laman khumbagi wahanthok leinaba November gi 13 asi yenglaga tang 13 asi thaoinana khallibara?). Lamankhumbagi landarakpa asida PLA gi Marup ahum gi punsi lomkhi amasung India amadi Chin gi apunba khuppu gi maikeida meeoi tara gi mathakta asok-apan nangkhi. CNA gidi maru oiba officer sing yaona meeoi kaya ama maram chadana lan asida sikhi.
Masidagi hendoktuna PLA amadi lamdam asigi yaollup singgi mathakta landabada Indian Army na Kuki National Army-Burma (KNA-B) busu proxy force oina sijinnari. Asida nattana WESEA lamdam hendoktuna Myanmar leibak tamna India na changsinba “Unconventional Military Activity” sing – yeikhai-thugai toubagi thabak, lal houhanba amadi leibak kang-khong chaihanduna sonthahanbagi thabak – asi pangthokpada KNA-B gi ming faoba sijinnari.
Amaromdana, RPF ki oinadi meeramgi lalhoubasingda landanabagi policy leite amasung maram chade haina lou-e. Maram asina supnagi esa ngakthokchanaba nattana PLA na principle ama oina amasung thabk oinasu meeramgi lalhoubasingda keidounungda landaba leikhidri. Lalhouba echin-enao singda khanghanningbadi India na 1949 da namfuda Manipur asi khudum chankhiba asina maram oiduna RPF na India bu thengnabani, RPF ki yeknabadi India khaktani. Mass media singda fongliba nattraga thagatliba pao singda PLA na meeramgi lalhoubasingda nattraga kanglup amada khut thai hariba asi chumbadi lairadana India amasung makhoigi saroi-ngaroi-huiroi (henchmen) sing na paothokpa mamal yaodaba tokngani. Mamal yaodaba tokngana RPF ki mingchat keidounungda thihanba ngamloi. Maramdi matam pumbada RPF na Principle gi matangda Laison Amagum Khandunata Lei haibasi meeyamna khang-e; asengba yaolloi singgidi Principle haibasina yanglen saru oiribani.
Matang asida RPF na yumlonnaba leibakki asengba yaollup singda haijaningbadi nakhoi asi eikhoi WESEA lamdamga yengthinaduna muknariba kanglup haibadu natte. Principle ama oinadi nakhoi asi Yaolgi Echin-Enaoni, nakhoiga eikhoiga lan thengnafam thokte, maramsu chade. Maram asina nakhoina WESEA gi yaollup sing asigi mathakta landarakliba asi toknaba RPF na khanghalli. RPF amasung masigi lanmi PLA na yumthangnaba leibakki asengba yaolloisingga yengthinadaba pammi. Eikhoi masel yengthinadrabadi maram chadana kannadabada punsi amadi lan-thum mangbadagisu ngakthokpa ngamgani. Adubu houjikki oinadi landarakpa kayadagi esabu ngakthokchanabagi damak PLA na “best form of defensive” (afaba makhalgi ngakthoknaba lallong) ki thourang loukhattuna leiba tahallakli.
Lounam-Namthak haiba asi India leingak amasung Politician singgi saktak-khudam haibadu oiribani haibasi eikhoina kaoroidabani. OP: Golden Bird matamda India Army na Myanmar Government da CNF amasung PLA punduna Myanmar gi Chin State ta leiba Myanmar Military Post singda landarakkadoure haina lanna pao pisinkhi. Konna di Myanmar na India gi namthak adu khanglakpa amasung atoppa maram kharadagi Myanmar gi lanmising Operation adudagi handokkhi.
Bangladesh ki ningtamlanda India na mateng panglabasu Bangladesh leibakta India na khut thingjinba amasung India na Bangladesh ki maningtamnaba mateng pangbagi mahutta Bangladesh asi India na lousillamgadabani haiba yamna fattaba wakhal-pukhal asina maram oiduna 1971 matunggi Bangladesh meeyamna India bu yaningdabagi akhaba mityeng yengduna leiri.
Aduga India gi namthak amasung Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) na loukhiba saklon asina maram oiduna Shri Lanka dagi tongan tanaba lan toukhiba lalhouba Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) na 1991 da Rajib Gandhi busu hatkhi.
Asigumba India asina CNF amasung KNA-B da Democracy puraknabani haiduna Myanmar leingakki mathakta lanthengnariba asibu sougatpagi mingda India na masagi kanaba-oijaba fangnabani haiduna CNF amasung KNA-B bu sijinnaba loiraba matungda langthokkhiba yaba khutlai ama oina kayam kuina sijinnahankhigani? Asigisu mathakta WESEA lamdamgi yaollup singgi mathakta CNF amasung KNA-B na khut thaba haibasi achumba Policy oiribara? Amadi Assam Rifles ki lanmisingna KNA-B gi Commander sing oihanba asisu chumlibara?
“Bangladesh amasung LTTE gi puwari amasung makhoi na fangkhiba wakhal-lousing asi neinaduna Myanmar gi lalhoubasingna, mapung oina KNA-B na, India amasung maru oina WESEA lamdamgi yaolloisingda thamliba pandam amasung mityeng sing asi amukka hanna yamna hakchinna amasung kupna neinaduna semdokpa matam chap chare haibasini RPF na Myanmar Lalhouba singda thamoi sengna khanghanjaningbadi.
(Roben Khuman)
Deputy Secretary Publicity
Revolutionary People's FrontDate. 2024-06-21.
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