Manipur BJP MLA Asks Centre To Ban ITLF, Kuki Groups Raise Chief Minister Audio Tape Row
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Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh alleged the Kuki group Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) has been taking financial aid to buy lethal drones, bombs and ammunition
An MLA of the ruling BJP in ethnic violence-hit Manipur has called for banning a Kuki group that has been spearheading the call for a separate administration carved out of Manipur. The MLA, Rajkumar Imo 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. 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... pic.twitter.com/qD86u7U26O
The MLA, who belongs to the valley-dominant Meitei community, in a post on 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.
