New Delhi: Following the recent signing of a Peace Agreement between the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the Government of Manipur and the Government of India on November 29, 2023, around 25 leaders and cadres of National Revolutionary Front Manipur (NRFM- a Meitei underground outfit) along with 25 weapons joined UNLF on December 2, 2023.
NRFM is led by Major Boicha (Vice Chief of Army Staff of NRFM). With this, most of the outfit’s members have taken a step towards abjuring the path of violence.
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The development is likely to give momentum to the efforts of the Government of India to restore peace and normalcy in Manipur, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs stated today.
Notably, NRFM (earlier United Revolutionary Front) was formed on September 11, 2011, by cadres of three factions of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), a Meitei underground outfit.
“Its senior leaders operated from bases in a neighbouring country and were involved in violence and extortion in various parts of the Manipur Valley,” the Ministry stated. It added: “The development is likely to encourage other Meitei underground outfits to join the peace process and pursue their demands in a democratic manner besides giving a boost to fulfil the Narendra Modi Government’s vision of ‘Insurgency free and prosperous North East’.”
– global bihari bureau
