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PM steps in, Manipur blockade suspended :: The Telegraph
The Telegraph, June 14, 2010 , Imphal
Naga students have agreed to suspend a blockade that has been choking Manipur for 65 days, yielding to gentle persuasion by the Prime Minister that was preceded by a home ministry statement that central forces would be sent......
The students announced that the blockade on National Highway 39, Manipur’s lifeline, would be lifted “temporarily” from 5pm tomorrow. The NH 39 is blocked at Mao Gate and the NH 53 at Jiribam. Only NH 150 is open but it takes longer hours
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The announcement came soon after the students met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi, and a few hours after the home ministry said it would send central forces to open the blocked roads.
However, wary of losing face, the students said the blockade would be withdrawn temporarily. “If the Manipur government does not withdraw warrants against student leaders, we will resume (the blockade) any time,” Kikon said.
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