Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 14:
Students and other intellectuals 'studying outside the State also joined in the agitation demanding revocation of AFSPA from State and express solidarity with the ongoing mass agitation in the State.
The Manipuri Students' Association, Chandigarh and All Manipur People's Association, Chennai held peace rallies in Chandigarh and Chennai.
About 700 students hailing from the State took out a peace rally inside the campus of Punjab University.
In Chennai a mass rally was organized by "The All Manipur People's Association, Chennai" on August 8 with an appeal to withdraw the AFSPA from Manipur, said a late report.
The rally was conducted in the heart of the city with 200 volunteers including representatives from other NE States.
It started from Munroe statue, Anna Salai and finished at the State Guest House, Chepauk.