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Sharmila family to skip Ningol Chak-kouba celebrations
Times of India | TNN | Oct 20, 2014, 06.16 AM IST
This year too, like all other previous years, the family of Irom Sharmila Chanu will not take part in Ningol Chak-kouba, the biggest festival of Manipuri women which the whole of the state celebrates, as a mark of solidarity with her struggle.
Demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Sharmila has been on a fast since November 2000. Police charged her under Section 309 IPC (attempt to commit suicide).
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