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{{Infobox political party
| name = Maoist Communist Party of Manipur
| abbreviation = MCPM
| logo =
| caption = South Asian Communist Banner
| colorcode = #FF0000
| leader = Chiranglen Sapamcha<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.redspark.nu/en/peoples-war/manipur-maoist-founder-says-the-ultimate-aim-of-their-party-is-to-establish-communist-society/ |title=Manipur Maoist founder says the ultimate aim of their party is to establish communist society. |work=[[RedSpark]] |location=Imphal |date=21 April 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2011|09}}
| newspaper = {{•}}Red Thunder (monthly)<ref name="TPC–26230"/><ref name="IT–RT"/><br />{{•}}Red Manipur (quarterly)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ifp.co.in/page/items/20969/20969-manipur-maoist-releases-english-quarterly |title=Manipur Maoist releases English quarterly |work=[[Imphal Free Press]] |location=Imphal |date=5 May 2014 |accessdate=13 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130050039/http://ifp.co.in/page/items/20969/20969-manipur-maoist-releases-english-quarterly |archivedate=30 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| ideology = {{Nowrap|[[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism–Leninism–Maoism]]<br>[[Separatism]]}}
| wing1_title = Armed organ
| wing1 = New People's Militia
| predecessor = Manipur Forward Youth Front (MAFYF)
| headquarters = Manipur
| affiliation1_title = Acknowledgement
| affiliation1 = [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]<ref name="IT-CC"/>
| flag = South Asian Communist Banner.svg
| country = India
| colors = {{colorbox|Red}} [[Red]]
}}
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The '''Maoist Communist Party of Manipur''' is a [[Maoist]] political party<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]] |first1=Caesar |last1=Mandal |location=Kolkata |date=17 September 2011 |accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref> in [[Manipur]] which aims "to establish a [[communist society]] through armed revolutionary war."<ref name="Shillong">{{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=9 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> The Maoist Communist Party of Manipur also intends at liberating the people of Manipur from whom they view as "[[Colonialism|colonial]] India."<ref name="IT-NPM"/>

==Background and ideology==
The Maoist Communist Party of Manipur (MCPM) was formed in August 2011 after amended its constitution in accordance with [[Marxism–Leninism–Maoism]] and decided to take up M–L–M as the party's guiding ideology. After the party's first conference which was held in the [[North-East India|North-East]], the party issued a statement declaring that the MCPM has decided to carry out the [[New Democratic Revolution]] and would conduct the [[protracted people's war]] in collaboration with the other "Maoist revolutionary parties."<ref name="ToI-10016542"/>

==Organisation==
The Coordinator of the Standing Committee of MCPM is Kyonghan,<ref name="IT–RT">{{cite news |url=http://imphaltimes.com/maoist-releases-red-thunder/ |archiveurl=http://archive.imphaltimes.com/maoist-releases-red-thunder/ |title=Maoist releases "Red Thunder" |newspaper=Imphal Times |location=Imphal |date=30 September 2013 |accessdate=13 June 2014 |archivedate=July 2014}}</ref><ref name="MT–2250">{{cite news |url=http://manipurtimes.com/news-article/the-peoples-chronicle-news/item/2250-maoist-communist-party-manipur-for-a-common-platform-of-maoists |title=Maoist Communist Party Manipur for a common platform of Maoists |publisher=Manipur Times |date=9 August 2013 |accessdate=30 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810162159/http://manipurtimes.com/news-article/the-peoples-chronicle-news/item/2250-maoist-communist-party-manipur-for-a-common-platform-of-maoists |archivedate=10 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and its [[Chairman#Vice chairman and deputy chairman|vice chairperson]] is Mang Ulen San.<ref name="TPC–26230">{{cite news |url=http://thepeopleschronicle.in/?p=26230 |title=Maoist to launch monthly journal on Irabot Day |publisher=The People's Chronicle |date=30 September 2013 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref> The Publicity and Propaganda secretary is Nonglen Meitei.<ref name="IT-MayDay">{{cite news |url=http://imphaltimes.com/may-day-wishes-from-maoist-communist-party-manipur/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816101051/http://imphaltimes.com/may-day-wishes-from-maoist-communist-party-manipur/ |title=May Day wishes from Maoist Communist Party, Manipur |work=Imphal Times |location=Imphal |date=30 April 2013 |accessdate=9 June 2014 |archivedate=16 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://imphaltimes.com/news/item/342-maoist-highlights-foul-play-in-text-book-printing-by-bosem |title=Maoists highlights foul play in text book printing by BOSEM |work=Imphal Times |location=Imphal |date=9 July 2014 |accessdate=29 July 2014}}</ref> The MCPM has alleged that Chingranglen Meitei, who was working as the [[General Secretary]] of the party was ferret out and arrested by a squad of the Indian armed forces, while he was approaching towards his comrades.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.manipurtimes.com/news-article/the-peoples-chronicle-brief-news/item/9201-mcpm-gen-secy-arrested |title=MCPM gen secy arrested |publisher=Manipur Times |location=Imphal |accessdate=9 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152548/http://www.manipurtimes.com/news-article/the-peoples-chronicle-brief-news/item/9201-mcpm-gen-secy-arrested |archivedate=14 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> On 20 May 2014, the MCPM released an official statement that the party was not being able to trace Chingranglen Meitei since the time of his alleged abduction [by Indian personnel], and has no clue about his "whereabouts."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nagalandpost.com/channelnews/regional/RegionalNews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDA2MDA3Mg%3D%3D |title=MCPM general secretary remained untraceable |newspaper=Nagaland Post |location=Imphal |date=21 May 2014 |accessdate=29 July 2014}}</ref>

A united revolution is still a failure in Manipur due to cerebrated design of those trying to create division amongst indigenous community inhabiting in the state from time immemorial.| Nonglen Meitei, in 2012<ref>{{cite news |url=http://thepeopleschronicle.in/?p=7037 |title=Maoists distributes seeds to farmers |publisher=The People's Chronicle |date=30 December 2012 |accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref>

===Central Military Commission===
The MCPM structured the party's [[Central Military Commission]] (CMC) on 21 September 2012, and Taibanglen Meitei is also the CMC's chairperson.<ref name="IT-NPM">{{cite news |url=http://imphaltimes.com/maoist-communist-party-greets-people-first-anniversary-npm/ |archiveurl=http://archive.imphaltimes.com/maoist-communist-party-greets-people-first-anniversary-npm/ |title=Maoist Communist Party greets people on the first anniversary of NPM |work=Imphal Times |location=Imphal |date=21 September 2013 |accessdate=11 June 2014 |archivedate=July 2014}}</ref>

===New People's Militia===
On 21 September 2012,<ref name="MT–3266">{{cite news |url=http://www.manipurtimes.com/news-article/the-peoples-chronicle-news/item/3266-maoist-manipur-extends-greetings-to-people |title=Maoist Manipur extends greetings to people |publisher=Manipur Times |accessdate=29 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810063033/http://www.manipurtimes.com/news-article/the-peoples-chronicle-news/item/3266-maoist-manipur-extends-greetings-to-people |archivedate=10 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> the MCPM also constituted an armed wing in the guidance of its CMC, known as "New People's Militia," whose objective is to muster a "People's Guerilla Army."<ref name="IT-NPM"/> The party's chairperson has voiced that the New People's Militia (NPM) was established in the light of [[People's war|Mao's Theory of Three Magic Weapons]], and it aims at "carrying out offensive against colonial forces to regain Manipur people's freedom status." The party believes that despite of being at the "initial stage," it is still "capable of launching offensives in mobile," and is looking forward to raise the NPM's strength, eyeing to "effectively launch positional war with the enemy [Indian [[State (polity)|State]]]."<ref name="MT–3266"/>

==Legal status==
The MCPM is a banned organisation.<ref name="IT-MayDay"/>

==Relations with other insurgents==
The [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] has termed the establishment of MCPM as "an event of historical significance in the annals of the history of revolution in South-Asia" and has stated that "it would fight shoulder to shoulder with them [MCPM] in the fight against the common enemy – the Indian [[State (polity)|State]]."<ref name="IT-CC">{{cite news |url=http://imphaltimes.com/central-committee-cpi-maoist-acknowledge-maoist-communist-party-of-manipur-existence-it-news-imphal-may-3-the-central-committee-cpi-maoist-extends-its-heartfelt-revolutionary-greetings-to-the/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023042505/http://imphaltimes.com/central-committee-cpi-maoist-acknowledge-maoist-communist-party-of-manipur-existence-it-news-imphal-may-3-the-central-committee-cpi-maoist-extends-its-heartfelt-revolutionary-greetings-to-the/ |title=Central Committee, CPI (Maoist) acknowledge Maoist Communist Party of Manipur existence |work=Imphal Times |location=Imphal |date=3 May 2013 |accessdate=9 June 2014 |archivedate=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The CPI (Maoist) had also maintained close ties with the KCP (Maoist) and the [[People's Liberation Army of Manipur]] in the past.<ref name="ToI-10016542"/><ref name="Shillong"/> The KCP (Maoist), in November 2010, pledged "support" to "Indian Maoists."<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 |first1=Caesar |last1=Mandal |location=Kolkata |publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]] |date= 18 September 2011 |accessdate=10 June 2014}}</ref>
{{Quotation|World [[Proletarian Revolution]] would have a new lease of life if Maoist groups operating in Asia worked together on a common platform by setting up an Asian Maoist Coordinating Committee.| Taibanglen Meitei, on the occasion of second anniversary of the MCPM<ref name="MT–2250"/>}}

==Election boycott==
The MCPM [[boycott]]ed the [[2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]] and banned "all election related functions" in the state because the party believed that the "assembly elections in Manipur would never bring welfare to the people nor bring any development" and would just amplify the "Indian system of rule."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.samachar.com/maoist-communist-party-manipur-boycotts-general-election-lm2iM5bggea.html |title=Maoist Communist Party Manipur boycotts general election |work=Imphal Free Press |publisher=Sify |date=26 December 2011 |accessdate=13 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140615083258/http://www.samachar.com/maoist-communist-party-manipur-boycotts-general-election-lm2iM5bggea.html |archivedate=15 June 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In April 2014, the MCPM called for a "political strike" in Manipur<ref name="NP">{{cite news |url=http://www.nagalandpost.com/channelnews/regional/RegionalNews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDA1NzM5MA%3D%3D |title=MCPM announces 'political strike' to boycott LS polls |newspaper=[[Nagaland Post]] |date=2 April 2014 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref> and boycotted the [[Indian general election, 2014 (Manipur)|Indian general election, 2014 in the state]], saying that "the Indian election is not needed." The ban imposed on the Indian general election, 2014 in Manipur by the MCPM along with the United Revolutionary Front, and the Kuki National Army (Indian) affected the [[political campaigning]] of the candidates, and they had to drop their door–to–door campaign while several candidates avoided to visit their [[constituencies]] as a violent armed action was expected beyond doubt if "electioneering" would have been attempted in Manipur.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/candidates-unable-to-campaign-despite-protection/article5853238.ece |title=Candidates unable to campaign despite protection |first1=Iboyaima |last1=Laithangbam |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |location=Imphal |date=31 March 2014 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref> The MCPM had urged its comrades to closely and alertly monitor the electoral campaign of the political parties and their contestants, and to execute strategies to pester the election process while avoiding to engender inconvenience to the people.<ref name="NP"/>
{{Quotation|Conducting India's elections in Manipur was nothing but a deliberate attempt to divert the mind of the people of the [[Constituent state|state]] from the armed struggle for liberation and to portray it (liberation struggle) in the wrong sense.| Maoist Communist Party of Manipur, in 2014<ref name="NP"/>}}

==See also==
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* [[Abhizeet Asom]]
* [[Paresh Baruah]]
* [[Insurgency in Northeast India]]
* [[Operation Green Hunt]]
* [[Operation Steeplechase]]
* [[List of Naxalite and Maoist groups in India]]
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://bannedthought.net/India/Manipur/index.htm Maoist Communist Party of Manipur: Statements and Documents]

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