Admonish to Dirinamai Liangchi’s Negative Retaliation over Positive Gestures of the Kukis’ ~ Dr. TS Haokip

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Unveiling 'Kuki Black Day': The Truth Behind the Conflict and Propaganda

6 Sept 2024 — By – Dirinamai Liangchi The Kuki-Naga ethnic conflict ignited in mid-1992, began in a small town of Moreh in Chandel district, Manipur.

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'Admonish to Dirinamai Liangchi's Negative Retaliation over Positive Gestures of the Kukis'

- Dr.TS Haokip, 27th Nov. 2024

While expecting something good in return for a good gestures of non-observance of the 'Black Day 2023 & 2024', that was observed on the 13th September every year since 1993, as a 'Day of Prayer' in remembrance of the 1149 innocent Kuki civilians, who died at the hands of 'LIM FOR CHRIST' camouflaged as Limguard', a shocking reminiscience of the undesirable past grim inhumanity and nightmares resurface afresh.

Few months ago there was an article on "Kuki Black Day" by D. Liangchi, published by the 'Imphal Times', dated, the 6th September 2024, regarding the present Kuki-Meitei ethnic conflict in Manipur with full of unsuitable masala, concocted informations, inaccurate accounts, gross exaggerations and bunch of lies, of innovating  non-existed and unheard Kuki War Declaration Committe in which the names of Shri Chungkhokai Doungel @C.Doungel and Shri. Holkhomang Haokip were mentioned several times alongwith several Kuki organisations, in connection with the Kuki-Manipuri Naga conflict of 1993-97, few points may be reluctantly substantiated briefly for D. Liangchi as under.

1. That since time immemorial Moreh has been the abode of the Kukis and that only after 1988, brethern  Tangkhuls arrived at Moreh, after the splitting of NSCN-K and NSCN-IM (The Indian Express, July 29, 2012) with 25-30 houses that was alloted by a Kuki landlord.

2. That the assasinations of 60 Kuki Chiefs and uprotting of 46 Kuki villages during 1956-1987 from Tamenglong, Senapati and Ukhrul led to the formations of KNF (1987) and KNA (1988) to defend the defenceless Kuki people, who suffered at the hands of a particular hostile militant group that was active in Manipur, (WKP, Mittal Publications, Pp. 266-268).

3. That the non payment tax by the Kukis to a certain group resulted into gang raped of 3 Kuki women of Moltuh villagers on the 8th October 1992, including 2 months old infant and 2 men brutally killed in cold blood with their necks slithed and 7 inches  stick inserted into the vagina of Tinkholhing (20 yrs) as per the report of Postmortem conducted by Dr. Issac Lamkang, Medical Officer of Chandel, (E-pao.net, Extreme desperation, Part-2), led to the 150-200  residents of Moreh to flee Moreh.

4. That the President of Kuki Inpi Manipur  (KIM) Shri Lalkhohen Thangeo was assasinated at Khuman Lampak Bus Terminal on the 4th April 1994 just after 10-15 minutes of the dispersal of the 'UNC-KIM Second Meeting' at Imphal,  and another Kuki leader Major Pagin Kipgen was also assasinated on the 17 March 1995, that halted the Peace initiatives by KIM-UNC.

5. That the various conflicts which D. Liangchi had related all are over land issues which the Kukis hold since colonial era with 'British Rights' acknowledged by the 'HILL DURBAR' "extending from the tract inhabited by the Kuki tribes, which lies to the South of the Naga Hills and extends from the Brahmaputra  river in the north to the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the South , and from the Manipur State in the East  to Tippera State in the West", encompassing parts of: i) Manipur (India), ii) Lushai Hills (India), iii) Assam (India), iv) Meghalaya, v) Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh), vi) Tripura (India), vii) Kangmangphai (Kabaw Valley) part of Saggaing Division (Burma), and viii) Chin Hills (Burma) respectively", with boundaries as; i) NORTH: Brahmaputra river (Assam, India), ii) SOUTH: Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh), iii) EAST: Manipur State (Manipur, India), iv) WEST: Tippera State (Tripura, India).

6. That the "1997 Churachandpur Family Intra-Conflict" was also due to the presence of outsiders (Lim for Christ) in Churachandpur thatout created misunderdings between blood related brothers with same culture, traditions and languages. 

 

7. That the current Meitei-Kuki conflicts too is also the fruit of the seed of hatred for Kukis sown to the innocent Meiteis for 3 decades since 1990s by SATANICS in the disguise for 'CHRIST'.

8. C. Doungel and Holkhomang Haokip: Regarding D. Liangchi's portrayer of  Shri C. Doungel and Shri Holkhomang as villians, I myself as one among  the very big fans of the duo examplary dignitaries within the community, would like to set the record straight as we see it below.

a) Shri. Chungkhokai Doungel @C. Doungel was born at Molvom, Wokha near Dimapur in Nagaland. His father Shri Thangkhopau Doungel was the first person from the Kuki community to pass Matriculation in 1st Division in the 1930s. As a result, he was made the Headmaster of Molvom Government High School during the British period. However, Shri C Doungel was brought up in Kangpokpi, Imphal and Churachandpur. He studied at DM College, Imphal, Cotton College Guwahati and St. Xavier's College Kolkata. He joined the IRS in 1962 and married Smt. Hoinu Singson of Mission Compound, Old Churachandpur.

b) He was posted in various capacities in India and was posted as the Deputy Secretary and Joint Secretary in the Finance Department at the Union Secretariat, government of India, Delhi. He came on deputation to Manipur during the time of Chief Minister, Yangmasho Shaiza as he was close to the Shaiza family. During his tenure he was helpful to everyone and especially to his community, which was very backward at that time, in many ways. Many in the Kuki community requested him to join politics. He took voluntary retirement from service in 1989 and contested the Manipur MLA Elections in 1990 on a Nationalist Congress Party ticket as he was unable to get a Congress ( I) ticket. At the time of his VRS, he was posted as the Principal Collector, Customs and Central Excise Bihar including Jharkhand. He won the elections from Saikul AC.

c) The MPP Government under Chief Minister RK Ranbir Singh offered him the post of Finance Minister which he accepted. The RK Ranbir ministry fell after three and half years. The Congress (I) government under RK Dorendro Singh again offered C.Doungel the post of Finance Minister which he accepted. Late C. Doungel was dedicated towards his community, the State and country. He was upright and an idealist and did not compromise on his principles. He was loyal and sometimes too frank for a politician. It was this loyalty and idealism which made him unable to adjust to other leaders after RK Ranbir and RK Dorendro. Now, both Shri C Doungel and his wife have passed away. His elder son Shri P Doungel has retired as DGP Manipur on superannuation and his younger son is presently posted as DGP Prisons and Managing Director MPHC Limited, Manipur.

When the unfortunate Kuki-Manipuri Naga ethnic conflict started in 1992-93 in Manipur, Shri C Doungel and Shri Holkhomang Haokip were the two Kuki ministers in the cabinet. They had to provide relief and shelter to the victims. The aid provided was strictly for relief and rehabilitation purposes only. So it may not be proper to label baseless allegations against either any of the Kuki or Manipuri Naga leaders, senior officers or social workers. In fact the career of many prominent Manipuri Naga and Kuki politicians, senior officers, social workers, government employees, businessmen etc was spoiled because of that Kuki-Manipuri Naga conflict. The reason it quietly simmered away was because both the parties realized that this was harmful to both the communities.

In fact other communities hugely benefited from it. Many of the rumour mongers may not even belong to the Kuki or Manipuri Naga community. In the same way, the present Kuki-Meitei conflict is going to set both the communities and the state back by a couple of years. Excessive damage has already been done. "Let us hope and pray for an early solution in the interest of our children and grandchildren."

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The writer  Dr. TS Haokip, (PhD) Activist, can be contacted @ tslhaokip@yahoo.co.in

~ WKZIC

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