BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh demands ban on Kuki group over alleged arms purchases
BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh has sought for banning a Kuki group alleging the group has been taking financial aid to buy lethal drones, bombs and ammunition
Singh, who is also the son-in-law of Chief Minister N Biren Singh, appealed to the Home Ministry to ban the Kuki group Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) alleging the group has been taking financial aid to buy lethal drones, bombs and ammunition.
The MLA stated in X uploaded purported photos of a person with an identity card under the name 'Haopu Vaiphei' and the words 'ITLF Drone Squad'.
"… Who is this person with ITLF ID and who all are training these people to attack innocent civilians?" Imo Singh said.
He also posted a purported ITLF-issued receipt that claimed the Bnei Menashe community sent Rs 3.9 lakh «financial assistance to the ITLF defence department».
The Bnei Menashe refers to some Kuki and Mizo people who claim descent from one of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel.
ITLF called the receipt posted by Imo Singh «fake» and should not be taken seriously.
«As a legislator of the state of Manipur, I seek for the organisation namely ITLF to be declared as a banned organisation. If these pictures are all true, if they are taking financial assistance to procure lethal drones, other arms and ammunition including bombs to attack innocent people, they have to be banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,» Imo Singh said.
«As I said earlier, it's not just an ethnic conflict; it is an act of terror, an act of waging war against our country, the
