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{{Infobox political party
| name = Kangleipak Communist Party
| logo = South Asian Communist Banner.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| caption = Universal Flag of Communism
| colorcode = #FF0000
| chairperson = Ibungo Ngangom<ref name="thesangaiexpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/53542/kcp-reshuffles-gac-expands-politburo|title=KCP reshuffles GAC, expands politburo|date=6 July 2015|accessdate=20 October 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808162242/http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/53542/kcp-reshuffles-gac-expands-politburo|archivedate=8 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| foundation = 14 April 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4dac1c.html|title=Refworld - India: The Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP); relations between its members and civilians in Imphal City, Manipur State|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|last=Refugees|publisher=|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref>
| ideology = [[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism–Leninism–Maoism]]
| wing1_title = Armed Wings
| wing1 = Paona Armed Guerrillas (Jungle Warfare Wing)<br>
Thangal Armed Guerrillas (Urban Warfare Wing)<br>
Bir Tikendrajit Armed Guerrillas (Contingency Response Wing)
| predecessor = Kangleipak Communist Party
| headquarters = Kangleipak (Manipur)
| country = India
}}
'''Kangleipak Communist Party''' is a Maoist militant group in [[Manipur]], India. Named after [[Kangleipak]], the ancient name of Manipur, it was initially led by the [[Communism|communist ideologues]] — Ibohanbi and Ibopishak.<ref name="ToI-10016542">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/KCPs-ultra-Left-turn-worries-Manipur/articleshow/10016542.cms |title=KCP's ultra-Left turn worries Manipur |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |first=Caesar |last=Mandal |location=Kolkata |date=17 September 2011 |accessdate=10 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="eToI">{{cite news |url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=8&edlabel=TOIKM&mydateHid=18-09-2011&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00801&format=&publabel=TOI |title=NE rebels embrace Maoist ideology |first=Caesar |last=Mandal |location=Kolkata |publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]] |date= 18 September 2011 |accessdate=10 June 2014}}</ref> The Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) had been engaged in an [[armed struggle]] separatist [[insurgency in Manipur]] against the government of India.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2011/09/21/maoism-in-manipur/ |title=Maoism in Manipur |newspaper=[[The Shillong Times]] |date=21 September 2011 |accessdate=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714173939/http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2011/09/21/maoism-in-manipur/ |archivedate=14 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Splinter factions==
The KCP has now been divided into numerous factions, of which the known are:<ref name="ToI-10016542"/><ref name="eToI"/>

#[[Kangleipak Communist Party (Marxist-Maoist / Ibungo Ngangom)]]
#Kangleipak Communist Party (Prithvi)
#Kangleipak Communist Party (Mangang)
#Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council)
#[[Kangleipak Communist Party (Maoist)]]
#Kangleipak Communist Party (Lamphel)
#Kangleipak Communist Party (Sunil Meitei)
#Kangleipak Communist Party (Mobile Task Force)
#Kangleipak Communist Party (Lamyanba Khuman)
#Kangleipak Communist Party (Loyallakpa)
#Kangleipak Communist Party (Noyon)
#Kangleipak Communist Party (City Meitei)

==Background==
This faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party came into existence in the late 2000s following the failure of certain party leaders to commit themselves to Marxism and Maoism. The incumbent chairman of its Politburo Standing Committee (highest decision-making body), Ibungo Ngangom, who used to head the Information and Public Relations Department of the Kangleipak Communist Party,<ref>[http://thesangaiexpress.manipur.us/2008/12/01/] {{dead link|date=October 2016}}</ref> was the main force behind the emergence of this faction, which has now become the most prominent one among the KCP factions. Though it came up as a separate group around 2010, it still sticks to 14 April 1980 as its rising day, because the Kangleipak Communist Party was originally established on this date.

==Ideology==
The Kangleipak Communist Party under the leadership of Ibungo Ngangom is a group that follows [[Marxism]] and [[Maoism]]. But what makes this group a unique communist party is the fact that its chairman has often spoken about ideological flexibility and adopting the so-called bamboo policy. According to Ibungo Ngangom, communism is a living ideology and nobody must hesitate to 'adjust' in order to make it realistic and successful. He also talked about trying to achieve a higher level of compatibility between [[Marxism]] and [[Maoism]]. The group especially promotes the principle 'from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicalaffairs.net/you-might-be-a-marxist-if-you-believe-in-from-each-according-to-their-abilities-to-each-according-to-their-needs/|title=You Might Be a Marxist If ... You Believe in From Each According to Their Abilities, to Each According to Their Needs » pa|publisher=|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref>

==Organisational structure==
The Kangleipak Communist Party (Marxist-Maoist) under the leadership of Ibungo Ngangom has two main organs: Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), which is a combination of its legislative and judiciary bodies; and General Administrative Council (GAC), which is the executive branch of the group.

===Politburo Standing Committee===
The Politburo Standing Committee consists of Ibungo Ngangom (Chairman), Amumacha Mangang (Deputy Chairman), Thoiba Meetei (Senior Member), Wangba Angomcha (Senior Member), Angousana Moi-rangcha (Senior Member), James Paomei (Member), Sanatombi Chanu Lourembam (Member), Moramba Meetei (Member),Tomthin Mangang (Member), Sanatomba (Member), Wangthoi (Member). Initially, it was a five-member committee. But it was expanded into an eleven-member committee during its recent bi-annual conference.<ref name="thesangaiexpress.com"/>

===General Administrative Council===
Following the expansion of the politburo standing committee, the general administrative council of the outfit has also been reshuffled<ref name="thesangaiexpress.com"/><ref name="thepeopleschronicle.in">{{cite web|url=http://thepeopleschronicle.in/?p=13397|title=:: Manipur News - Manipur Daily - Poknapham - Manipuri News!|publisher=|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref> as Ibungo Ngangom (Secretary-in-Chief, also heading Foreign Affairs Department, Fund-raising Department and Central Intelligence Wing), Amumacha Mangang (Deputy Secretary-in-Chief), Wangba Angomcha (Secretary, Public Affairs Department), Angousana Moirangcha ( Secretary, Finance & Budgetary Affairs Department), Sanatombi Chanu (Secretary, Information & Public Relations Department), James Paomei (previously Secretary, Public Affairs Department, he will now be Central Liaison Officer, Intra- Departmental Liaison Centre), Thoiba Meetei (previously Secretary, Finance & Budgetary Affairs Department, he will now be Auditor-in-Chief, Audit Commission), Sanatomba Khumancha (previously Commander, Bir Tikendrajit Cadre, i.e. Special Contingency Response Wing, he is now Commander, Paona Cadre, i.e. Jungle Guerrilla Warfare Wing), Moramba Meetei (previously Commander, Paona Cadre, i.e. Jungle Guerrilla Warfare Wing, he is now Commander, Thangal Cadre, i.e. Urban Guerrilla Warfare Wing), Tomthin Mangang (previously Commander, Thangal Cadre, i.e. Urban Guerrilla Warfare Wing, he is now Commander, Bir Tikendrajit Cadre, i.e. Special Contingency Response Wing), Wangthoi ( previously Chief Intelligence Officer, Central Intelligence Wing, he is now Secretary, Capitalistic Concerns Regulation and Taxation Cell), announced the outfit.

==Legal status==
The Kangleipak Communist Party (Marxist-Maoist) is an organization that has been continuously banned under section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 by the Government of India for 'waging war' against the Indian State.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mha.gov.in/Division%20of%20MHA/Counter%20Terrorism%20and%20Counter%20Radicalization%20Division/Banned%20Organizations |title=Banned Organizations |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |work=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329042355/https://mha.gov.in/Division%20of%20MHA/Counter%20Terrorism%20and%20Counter%20Radicalization%20Division/Banned%20Organizations |archive-date=29 March 2019 |access-date=26 May 2019 }}</ref>

==Relations with other groups==
The Foreign Affairs Department of the group, which is led by none other than its PSC Chairman has been endeavouring to establish contacts and relations with many communist parties throughout the world. The group is also said to have established some links with certain Maoist groups of Nepal, though it has not openly admitted it. Moreover, in a recent press release, the group has expressed its willingness to cooperate and coordinate with the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].<ref name="thesangaiexpress.com"/><ref name="thepeopleschronicle.in"/> According to some sources with close links with the group, it has also decided to work together with other anti-India separatist groups of states like Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya.

==Ban on the Celebrations of Indian Independence Day and Republic Day in Manipur==
The Kangleipak Communist Party (Marxist-Maoist) has "imposed" a so-called "permanent ban" on the celebrations of [[Indian Independence Day]] and [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] in Manipur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ifp.co.in/page/items/27834/kcp-calls-aug-15-as-go-back-india-day-deliberates-on-negative-implications-of-frequent-bandhs-and-gen-strike|title=KCP calls Aug 15 as ‘Go Back India Day’, deliberates on negative implications of frequent bandhs and gen strike|publisher=|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/54868/kcp-speaks-out-mind-on-issues|title=KCP speaks out mind on issues|date=8 August 2015|accessdate=20 October 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208165634/http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/54868/kcp-speaks-out-mind-on-issues|archivedate=8 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> According to this group, Kangleipak was "annexed" by the Union of India under the guise of the Manipur Merger Agreement, which was signed by the then King of Kangleipak, who no longer had any authority to ink such an agreement as Kangleipak was already a democratic society under the command of an elected body of legislators. So it has been struggling to "reclaim" the "robbed sovereignty" of Kangleipak (Manipur).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Manipur-merged-with-India-under-duress-say-rebels/articleshow/47549243.cms|title=Manipur merged with India under duress, say rebels - Times of India|publisher=|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/OccupyManipur/posts/1381727768726765|title=Occupied Manipur, Right to Self Determination - Timeline - Facebook|publisher=|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref>

==Kangleipak Communist Party (Maoist)==
{{main|Maoist Communist Party of Manipur}}
In 2009, numerous comrades of the KCP coalesced and organised a convention, and reconstructed the party's [[Central Committee]]. Forthwithly after the plenum, they named the faction as "Kangleipak Communist Party (Maoist)," which has now evolved into the [[Maoist Communist Party of Manipur]]. However, the Kangleipak Communist Party led by Ibungo Ngangom has emerged as the leading group at least in terms of ideological positions and changes brought about within the group following his release from prison on 4 April 2015 after spending about 12 consecutive years in various prisons in India, including Tihar Jail. According to recent press releases of this group, led by Ibungo Ngangom, the group's primary goal is not only to liberate Kangleipak (Manipur) but also establish communism in Kangleipak through the scientific socialism of Karl Marx.<ref name="thepeopleschronicle.in"/> This makes this group a unique communist party of Manipur.<ref name="ToI-10016542"/><ref name="eToI"/>

==See also==
* [[Insurgency in Northeast India]]
* [[People's Liberation Army of Manipur]]

==References==
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