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Iron ladies meet, find common cause
Jaideep Mazumdar, TNN | IBNLIVE | Jan 26, 2012, 06.33AM IST |IMPHAL: :
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee took poll-bound Manipur by storm on Wednesday during a two-and-ahalf hour trip, which she began with a visit to Irom Sharmila Chanu and a promise to lift the "draconian" Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) if voted to power.
Sharmila herself was surprised to see Mamata walking into her cabin in the ground floor of the hospital at 2.15 pm. After greeting Sharmila, who began her fast on November 5, 2000, to protest the killing of 10 people at Malom (a village near Imphal) by security forces on November 2 that year, Mamata enquired about her health and gifted her a scarf. She told her she was aware of the sufferings of the people of Manipur and said her party would not allow "Army rule" in the state. "I'll do my best to remove AFSPA from Manipur," Mamata promised. She requested Sharmila to take care of her health and hoped she would have a reason to end her fast soon.
Babloo Loitongbam of Human Rights Watch, who has himself been waging a long battle to get the Act revoked, told TOI: "This is a very positive development and Mamata's gesture and promise has touched the hearts of the long-suffering people of Manipur. This will definitely give a boost to the Trinamool Congress in the polls".
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