Maoist Manipur asks people to boycott Modi's visit
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 27 2014:
Reiterating its earlier stance of boycotting the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Manipur on November 30, the Maoist Communist Party (MCP), Manipur has appealed to the people to boycott Modi's visit.
In a press statement issued by its Secretary of Publicity and Propaganda Nonglen Meitei, the MCP said that the visit of Narendra Modi does not have any merit for the people of Manipur as it is just a one and half hour sojourn for attending the closing function of Sangai Festival and interacting with Manipur BJP leaders.
The purpose of Modi's visit is not to take stock of the problems being faced by the people.
The Indian Prime Minister is not interested in the developmental affairs of Manipur.
He would be visiting Manipur with some hidden agenda to serve the purpose of the Indian colonialists.
The people of Manipur have been kept suppressed for quite a long time by India ever since the then Maharaja of Manipur Bodhachandra was forced to sign the Merger Agreement at gun point in 1949.The Indian Government has done nothing to address the myriad problems being faced of the people, the statement said.
The MCP further appealed to all to support the 17-hour general strike from the 12 am to 5 pm of November 30 to boycott the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Manipur to grace the closing function of Sangai Festival.