MHA bans nine Meitei extremist groups mostly operational in Manipur

New Delhi, 13/11: The Centre on Monday banned seven Meiti extremist groups and four of its affiliates, which included two political wings and two armed wings, for five years on charges of engaging in anti-India activities that challenges the country’s sovereignty and integrity and attacking and killing security forces and civilians.

In its notification, the Ministry of Home Ministry has identified the groups, including the Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) and its political wing the Revolutionary Peoples’ Front (RPF), the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and the Peoples’ Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and its armed wing, the ‘Red Army’.