DAHNA TUNGA KIPAHTHU GENNA

Ka tapa/naupa uh M Gousuanlal @M Lal Zou in Dt 14 Aug 2022 jingkal in vangsiathuai tah a Singngat hanmuol gei a angna muolliam sanna tungah hingna ittpi a hing buaipi-

 

a) Aluong puon hing tuomsah ban ah akuong (coffin) hoitah hingbawlpie Singngat Youth Club.

b) Innte hina mohpuohna hing lapie Pa Ginkhanthang Sumchinvum, aluongdamsa kiphaltah a BOLERO PICKUP a Belpuon tan hingpuo pie Pa Seimang leh aloinu Hoineu Sumchinvum

c) Kiphal tah a agim atawlte dawnding singpi hingna bawlsah Pa Khupsian Muollum V/President UZO Zotang block 

d) Aluong hing buaipi Singngat Police

e) Puon a aluong hing tuomsah :- YPA Singngat Block, 

KNA president Singngat Block, UZO Zotang Block, LCC Presbyterian Church Belpuon,    leh khokim khopam Singngat, Tangpijol, Maukot, Muvanlai, Allusingtam, Zabellei, Buhsau, Simbuk, Munpi, Laijang, Sumchinvum, Haijang, Belpuon leh Muollum te ban ah genkhalou pawlpi leh mimal tampite tungah tami news tungtawn in kakipahna thu kahing gen uhi.

Tualeh aseppi uh it tah a Ambulance toh hingdel a Belpuon apat Lamka tan aluong hing puosah 

ZYO GHQte, 

UZO GHQte,

HPO GHQte, 

Pi Muanching w/o Pu Chinlunthang MLA 60 Singngat assembly Constituency.

Innmun a hall leh vai hing saipie KAMDOU VENG VA,  

ZYO KAMDOU VENG unit leh CEMETRY boardte, 

ban ah programme kitup tah a hingna bolsah leh hakhiatna hing saisah PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Tuibuong LCC, PWF, PYF te leh ZPYF Leentang district ten ngainatah a puon leh sum ah nahing gaal nate uh 

kipahthu kahing gen son2 uhi.

 

Tualeh, BOLERO accident spot apat lakhiatna dia innsung sih le taang a pan hing lapie Pa Kaikhanlal leh Upa Kailian Belpuon, 

UZO ZOTAANG BLOCK,

UZO SINGNGAT BLOCK

Crane leh shaktiman kiphaltah a hing jangsah Mahajon Jangkam Singngat Lhanghoi veng.

Social media tungtawn a siltungte hing theja sah WHATSAAP leh FACEBOOK GROUPTE. 

TATA hingtuo Mahajon Kailal Muollum te leh mimal tampi hing panpitute jie a Bolero lakhiat jou a umthei ahijie in katung uah nahoinate uh kouman bangmah ditjona hingnei joulou ding kahi jie un Mangpan ale tampi'n hing guoljol tahen chi ka thuumna uh ahi.

Atopna in ZOU CSOs

UZO GHQ,

ZYO GHQ,

ZSP GHQ leh

ZOWHRO GHQ ten nangthuopi ua maban ah kapoimoh bang ua  hing kithuopi nalai ding nahidan uh ka thei jie un kipahthu kahing genkia uhi.

Tualeh tami social media tungtawna moltah a kipahthu kagente uh kipahtah a hingna sanpie din Mangpa min in kahing ngen uhi.

Na khotuo uhleh noute tungah kipah

 

(a) Chiinkhanman (Anu)

(b) Mangkhanlun (A upa)

ATSUM: PRESS COMMUNIQUE

Imphal/ the 17th August, 2022

ATSUM TERMS THE CHARGE MADE BY CM BIREN ON THE HAC RECOMMENDED ADC BILL 2021 AS "DISINTEGRATING MANIPUR" IS AN ATTEMPT TO POLITICIZE TRIBAL ISSUE.

The charge made by the Hon'ble CM N. Biren on the HAC recommended ADC Bill 2021 as "Disintegrating Manipur" published in local media on 12th August 2022 is nothing but an attempt to politicize and criminalize the tribal movement and further deprive tribals of constitutional rights. It is unfortunate to learn the head of the state interpreting the existing legislative procedure into his convenient terms. As empowered by Article 371C read with the Manipur Legislative Assembly (Hill Areas Committee) orders 1972, the HAC had recommended a landmark ADC Bill 2021 which is permissible under the law to strengthen the ADC and ensure equitable development in the state of Manipur. The HAC have done their constitutional duty as specified under paragraph 4 (3) and paragraph 7 of the presidential orders 1972. Therefore, rather than derailing the genuine constitutional demand of the tribal populace, the Hon'ble Chief Minister should facilitate the flow of the legislative procedures in the Manipur Legislative Assembly by introducing the Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Councils Bill 2021 which was recommended by the HAC.   

In fact, the remark of the Hon'ble CM is a ploy to mislead the people of the state and foster further misunderstanding between the hill tribals and the valley community. There is nothing as such in the contents of the bill that aims to disintegrate the state but autonomy and equitable development for the hill areas as envisaged in the Article 371 C of the Constitution of India. The ADC Bill 2021 provides for a Hill Secretariat to oversee the administration of the ADCs headed by an officer not below the rank of chief secretary but it does not mean that there shall be a "separate state secretariat" for the hill areas to be headed by a chief secretary.  'Two secretariats" or "two chief secretaries' as alleged by the CM is just a figment of his imagination. 

The two proposed Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils (Sixth Amendment) Bill, 2022 and Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2022 are just eyewash to thwart the movement for the demand of HAC recommended ADC Bill 2021. ATSUM regrets the inimical stance of the State Government to the constitutional concept of tribal autonomy and the two proposed Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils (Sixth Amendment) Bill, 2022 and Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2022 as nothing but another dangerous political bait to countermand the HAC recommended the Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Council Bill, 2021. ATSUM rejects the two proposed Bills as a dissolution rather than devolution, disempowering rather than empowering, inter alia, for the following reasons. 

First, by omitting the operative term "Autonomous" in particular, the State Government attempts to reduce the existing autonomous district councils into mere small town district corporations. 

Second, Section 29(xxvii) of the proposed Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2022 proposes a dangerous land use policy in a blatant attempt to dilute the existing tribal land rights. Apart from the erstwhile requirement of being a Scheduled Tribe, the new land use policy attempts to introduce other "domiciliary" criteria as an alternative qualifying status for the purpose of acquiring land in the Hill Areas. Meaning, any person including a non-tribal can now acquire tribal lands if he is a domicile within a given hill district. The proposed Bills also attempt to exempt the State Government from the existing bar as the State Government may now freely acquire lands in the Hill Areas if it is for public utility purposes.

Third, the proposed omission of the subject "public health and sanitation" and Section 29(2) of the principal Act, i.e. the competency of the District Council to recommend in the matters of (a) appointment or succession of Chiefs; (b) inheritance of property; (c) marriage and divorce; and (d) social customs; fourth, the attempt to rob in the Indian Forest Act, 1927; fifth, taking away of "protected forest" from the existing power of the autonomous district councils to manage any forest as proposed under Section 29(xiv). 

Sixth, the proposed Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils (Sixth Amendment) Act, 2022 which provide each district council to consist maximum of 24 elected members and a minimum of 3 elected members makes a mockery of the Autonomous District Councils. 

Moreover, by conferring equal voting rights and privileges to the nominated members and by giving the state government the power to determine the number of Members in each District Council, the Bill attempts to further strangulate the existing autonomous district councils. 

In fine, rather than suppressing the democratic aspirations of the hill tribals through threat and intimidation, ATSUM urges the State Government to promptly address the issue in the interest of peaceful mutual co-existence.  

Department of Information and Publicity

All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM)

Flags on Independence Day in Manipur

UTC SUNDAY COMMUNITY SERVICE: PROF. SHRUTI, SND

14 Aug 2022

UZO MAWPAINA

SPEECH: Pu Chinlunthang, MLA 60 Singngat ST A/C

I would like to extend my warm greetings & sincere thanks to -
(1) Behiang Chief & villagers
(2) SDO Singngat Subdivision
(3) the OC of Behiang Police Station
(4) the Post-Commander of 46 Assam Rifles, Behiang
(5) Leaders and all members of UZO, ZSP, ZYO
(6) All the lovely students and
(7) all who have come to this historical site - Zougal Memerial Cemetery Complex, to observe Har Ghar Tiranga- Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and to hoist our great Indian National Flag today in remembrance of brave Indian freedom fighters.

I am extremely grateful to the Ministry of Arts and Culture under the able supervision of our honourable Chief Minister Pu Biren Singh, for selecting this Zou Gal Memorial Cemetery Complexat Behiang as one of the historical sites for organizing Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav or Flag hoisting programme for Indian Freedom Fighters. Once again, I give thanks to honourble Chief Minister Pu Biren Singh for his recent announcement to set up a Cultural Centre/Complex at Behiang village. We hope and pray that this project materialize soon and become a grand success for all of us.

Today is a historic moment not only for the area of Behiang, but also for the whole Manipur Southern border region to hold a state program in remembrance and honor of tribal freedom fighters who are also Indian freedom fighters, for the first time. As we can see, nationalism is something that has been in oblivion (or dying down) in this border areas for a long time due to constant disturbance by insurgencies. The presence of the state/government has not been felt by the people for quite long. However, recently, because of the presence of few people such as retired Indian armies and those currently serving in armies from the villages, the presence of state and central forces like Polices, Assam Rifles, and also public health centres, etc., the wave of Indian nationalism somehow revived once again. At this moment, we also remember and pay a tribute to a brave Indian soldier - Major David Manlun, who hailed from this remote village of Behiang, and Col. Tripathi, for their solemn sacrifices for the Nation. Again in 2017, the Zou Gal Centenary Celebration held in this part of the India's border village had highly contributed to the revival of nationalism and Indian-ness among the people.

We are honoured and proud to have forefathers who fought the colonial British power, and dared to sacrifice their precious lives to protect their lands, dignity and liberty during the Zou-British war of 1917-19, locally known in southern parts of Manipur as Zou Gal. Since we were as much Indian then as now, we are proud to declare that our brave forefathers - soldiers of Zougal- were now known and recognized as Indian freedom fighters like any other freedom fighters in all corners of India. Also, the Zou Gal of 1917-1919 was a part of the Indian freedom movements. To commemorate the 100th years of this struggle, we have organized the Zou Gal Centenary Celebration in 19th December 2017 here in Zou Gal Memorial Cemetery, Behiang where more than 90 slab-stones of Zou warriors were erected, as we can see now. 

The Zou forefathers opposed the British policy of forced subjugation and forced recruitment of labours for Europe in the World War –II (1914-18 AD). We are freedom loving people, as we know. It is below their dignity to work as someone's labourer or coolie. Local sources as well as Colonial records maintained the historical events of the Zou-British war. Several  fierce encounters took place between the Zou fighters and British troops at Tuibom in Chakpi River, Gotengkot near Kana River (in 27th January 1918), and so on. Since March 1918, the Zou people defended their villages from the onslaught of the colonial armies till the last stockade. The British raided Buhsau in March 16, 1918; Singngat in March 17; Hiangtam fort in March 19, 1918, and Tonjang in March 21, 1918 (as recorded by WA Cosgrave, Political Agent of Manipur). Besides these, many Zou villages were attacked and burnt down by the British columns. Nevertheless, our forefathers gallantly fought back and even some of them lost their lives fighting the invaders. Today, the UZO GHQ is able to trace at least 15 names of Zou martyrs who died during this war.

The British had bitten the dust too. Report states that several British soldiers lost their lives too at the encounter of Gotengkot, Tuibom, Hiangtam and others. Cosgrave even said "The  defence of Hengtam village was by far the most stubborn and well organized  fight I have seen…and the (Zou)-Kukis are a more formidable foe than any other Kukis with whom (our) Column has so far dealt".

Today we have come here, not to narrate the complete history of Zou Gal, but to pay our respect and homage to all the Zougal fighters especially the Martyrs of the Zou Gal, as we also remember and salute other freedom fighters in India. We would like to pay our respect to Zougal leaders and warriors such as Pu Langzachin chief of Behiang, Pu Somlun chief of Tonjang, Pu Lampum of Khuoivum, Pu Gouthang of Ngalzang, Pu Goulun of Hiangtam, Pu Somthong of Singngat, Pu Henthang of Buhsau, Pu Doungul of Kholian, Pu Kamkeleng of Hiangtam, and many others that I could not mention now. In fact we have more than 90 names of Zougal fighters in the list. Salute to all of them!! Their selfless sacrifices is the reason we live with dignity, and a true sense of nationalism, and love for the land, people and our country-India. It proudly reminds us that we are the descendants of national freedom fighters, and that we take pride in serving the nation and protecting its unity and integrity.

As your representative, I would like to exhort my dear people to unceasingly show your love for our motherland, and commit to work for the development of our state and country as a whole. I assure that the state government will always work for all-round development of  Manipur and welfare of its people, and will never break the trust of the people.

As we have mentioned, Behiang-Tonjang area has significant imprints of freedom fighters of Zou Gal (1917-19) and their biographical sketches, and important sites such as Chivu and its related histories found in several colonial archives. Hence the selection of this Zougal memorial cemetery complex as a historical site. Today nationalist historiography has linked up tribal protests with the narrative of the nation at large. In the nationalist version, tribal unrest against Colonial power is also included as one of the various struggles that contributed to India's freedom movements to achieve a nation-state of our own ( i.e. India) in 1947. Hence Zougal fighters are also known as Indian freedom fighters.

We salute all who fought and sacrificed their precious lives for the freedom of India and its people.

JAI HIND ! JAI BHARAT !
LONG LIVE MANIPUR !
LONG LIVE INDIA !

Courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/100453848527173/posts/pfbid0W5JxX9G6CmdgzuwHSa9r4sLugzNFvvgVaWW2EqdWMNobsEQAepnizjsSJXWWdZJ3l/

13 Aug 2022

KSOD representatives

Mr. Ngamboilal Guite & Ms. Nemchingnou Pulamte (who is also S&C secy.) represented Kuki Students' Organisation Delhi & NCR for Traditional Couple Show on 28th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples "Mega Culture Fest" at JLN Indoor Stadium New Delhi.

Thank you for your dedication.

KSO DELHI & NCR(Public Group) KUKI INPI DELHI&NCR

M Lal Zou Gari Accident in shi

LAMKA, 14 AUGUST: Singngat Hanmual phak masang kentong a Bolero khat in accident tuak a, mi khat shi hi. Amah ahileh Mr. Gousuanlal @ M LAL ZOU of Belpuan khomi hi'n thu kiza hi. 

Rest in Peace!

ADC can potentially divide Manipur: CM

Indian National Flag designed by a Muslim woman

*via social media*

Manipur State Transport Notice

PUBLIC INFORMATION: Scholarships

Government of Manipur has notified various scholarships for students belonging to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) categories.

Eligible candidates may go through the details below and apply on time through https://scholarships.gov.in/

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ATSUM SOLIDARITY MESSAGE

5th Tangmai Festival

Date: 12 August 2022

 

Venue: YPA GHQ Hall, Hiangtam Lamka

Manipur State League 2022-23

State-wise distribution of Net Proceeds of Union Taxes and Duties for August 2022

 

Manipur Pineapple Queen Contest 2022

KSDC reiterates demand for Kuki state

PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi was urged to create Kuki state immediately, in a fresh memorandum submitted by Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) on Tuesday.

KSDC, in the memorandum, claimed that Kukis’ demand for a separate state was a legitimate and a long overdue demand. It stated that Kukis were independent people before the British colonial state annexed their territory. They had struggled to shake the colonial yoke from the start which culminated into the great Kuki Rising of 1917-19.

With great hope for freedom, the Kukis also participated in large numbers in the ranks and files of the Indian National Army (INA) during the Second World War (1943-44) in Northeastern India, it claimed. “We had supported the Indian freedom movement in whatever ways we could in the hope of some special political entity after India got independence,” the KSDC claimed. It added that immediately after India got independence, they had demanded a separate “Kuki district” on the line of other tribal districts in the region.

But when the concept of “district” changed in the new India, they also switched over to the idea of “state”. The Kuki National Assembly, India (KNA), which was formed in 1946 as the political front of the Kuki people, spearheaded the movement for “immediate establishment of Kuki State” since 1960.

It submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru for the creation of Kuki state in northeast India by bringing together “all contiguous areas now under the habitation of the Kukis in India.” Unfortunately, the government of India (GoI) had given a deaf ear to the democratic demand of the nationalist Kukis despite several other representations. However, even after seven years of SoO no political dialogue was initiated by the government despite several rounds of talk and an equal number of promises, the KSDC stated in the memorandum.

Kuki people under the aegis of Kuki Inpi formed the Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) in 2010 in order to bring home to the notice of GoI and Indian public that Kukis demand for separate statehood is the genuine and legitimate rights and demand of the Kuki people of India, it added.

Reiterating that the government must create a separate state for Kukis, the KSDC stated that the Kuki population is scattered across all the states of Northeast India with maximum concentration in the state of Manipur. It said Kukis continue to remain backward even after 60 years of Independence.

~ Nagaland Post

Pic courtesy: Zale’ngam

The Future of E-Democracy in Crisis? - Mang Vaiphei

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTs allow people to help set the law to which all must adhere, and have a say in the direction of their lives and work. This fosters a broader respect for peace, fair play, and compromise. Autocrats impose arbitrary rules on their citizens while ignoring all constraints themselves, spurring a vicious circle of abuse and radicalization.

Today, it is democracy that finds itself battered and weakened in the state of Manipur. For the past several consecutive years, according to freedom in the world, countries that suffered democratic setbacks outnumbered those that registered gains. States that a decade ago seemed like promising success stories are sliding into authoritarian rule. The world’s most powerful democracies are mired in seemingly intractable problems at home, including social and economic disparities, communal issues, hate speeches and an influx of dissents that has strained alliances and increased fears of the “other.”

Today, democracy is in crisis. The values it embodies particularly t
he right to choose leaders in free and fair elections, freedom of the press, and the rule of law are under assault and in retreat globally.

Today, democracy faced its most serious crisis in decades as its basic tenets including guarantees of freedom of speech and expressions, the rights of minorities, freedom of the press, and the rule of law came under attack in the state of Manipur. Safeguarding human rights and democratic space in the digital age has become more crucial than ever.

Today, worst of all and most worrisome for the future, young people, who have little memory of the long struggles against fascism and communism, may be losing faith and interest in the democratic project. The very idea of democracy and its promotion has been tarnished among many, contributing to a dangerous apathy.

Democracies generally remain the world’s wealthiest societies, the most open to new ideas and opportunities, the least corrupt, and the most protective of individual liberties. When people around the globe are asked about their preferred political conditions, they embrace democracy’s ideals: honest elections, free speech, accountable government, and effective legal constraints on the police, military, and other institutions of authority.

Today, the challenges within democratic states have fueled the rise of populist leaders who give short shrift to fundamental civil and political liberties. The spread of antidemocratic practices around the world is not merely a setback for fundamental freedoms. It poses economic and security risks. When more countries are free, safer and more prosperous. When more countries are autocratic and repressive, treaties and alliances crumble, nations and entire regions become unstable, and violent extremists have greater room to operate.

*via social media*

SI in Delhi Police & CAPF Exam 2022: Notice

 

Rally for Our Rights in New Delhi

 A Call for Peaceful Rally on 12th August 2022, 10AM at Jantar Mantar, Delhi. Come! Join!

Rally Programme....

MMA Fighter Satgunhao Kipgen in Award mu

Gl. Satgunhao Kipgen MMA fighter in International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2022 kiman nah a Meritorious Award asan KSO Delhi & NCR in kipapi.

Dt.9-August-2022:

India mun chom chom a um Tribals/Adivasis sunga sang tah a lolhin na hin nei ho Award kihop nah lah ah Tahchapa Gl. Satgunhao Kipgen jong mi 25 Award kipe ding ho lah ah apang phan ahi.

Hichi Award hi All Tribals/Adivasis Organisation Delhi & NCR in tuni JNL Indoor Stadium a "Mega Culture Fest" kiman na a hop doh na anei ahi.

Hito lhonin KSO Delhi & NCR in hitabang nam choi sang inei u kipapi vet sah nan "Bouquet" le Nam gou a inei u "Muffler" o pih na kin JLN Stadium mama ah ana nei pei ngal uvin ahi.

Tahchapa Gl. Satgunhao Kipgen, tu ma ban a jong tu sang le hoijo phajoa sang tah a hung lolhing tou peh thei ding le na nam choi sang tun Pathenin na umpi jing ta hen

Sd/-

KSO Delhi & NCR

Govt officials to quit social media groups within 48 hrs

KSO-GHQ resentment over the suspension of Mr Vanlallian Khaute

All Tribal Lawyers’ Association Manipur (ATLAM): Notice

 

Thadou Inpi-GHQ Consultative Meeting