Irom Sharmila declines AAP's proposal to cotest for Lok Sabha Election
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 14, 2013:
Irom Sharmila has declined the proposal of Aam Admi Party (AAP) to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha election in Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency on AAP ticket.
Speaking to media persons after her routine appearance at the Court of CJM 1st Class Imphal East at Lamphelpat today, Sharmila said that AAP leader Prashant Bhushan recently requested her to contest the MP election in Inner Manipur P/C so that she can take her fight to the Parliament.
"I've thought over the proposal hundred times.
I would not contest the election," Sharmila said.
"I'm fighting for truth and justice in a democratic manner being a humble citizen of a democratic country", she added.
Saying that the cause for which she has been fasting is not personal but is a common cause for all the citizens, Sharmila asserted that those at the helm of powers cannot play oblivious to the ongoing struggle.
If all the people fight for the same cause collectively, the movement would certainly end in victory.
The State has been pushed to anarchy and total mess by contractor turned politicians and politicians who treat politics as some sort of business enterprises, Sharmila remarked.
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Commenting on the recent spate of attacks on people from North East region at Delhi, Sharmila stated that majority of the mainland Indians cannot accept people from North East as fellow citizens even though have been claiming that the region is an integral part of India.
"Out of the cash components of different awards conferred to me, I've donated certain amount to different civil organisations based in both the hills and valley of Manipur as well as the International Red Cross Society.
I would also like to make some donation to the All Manipur Rickshaw Drivers Association," Sharmila confided.
Irom Sharmila of Kongpal Kongkham Leikai, Imphal East district has been fasting after Assam Rifles mowed down 10 innocent civilians at Malom on November 5, 2000.Although she is demanding complete repeal of AFSPA from Manipur she is being detained under IPC 309 (attempt to commit suicide).
She is currently lodged in the security ward of JNIMS.