Rally and sit in protest staged at Bishnupur
Source: The Sangai Express
Bishnupur, April 20 2021:
A rally and sit in protest was staged today at Bishnupur district demanding for immediate implementation of National Electronic Fund Management System, to release the pending 16 months honorarium of elected representatives of Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad, wages of job card holders and release of second instalment of 15th Finance Commission.
The sit in protest was staged at New Mini Secretariat Complex Gate Bishnupur by members of Zilla Parishad, pradhan and ward members of Bishnupur districts under the aegis of Manipur State Panchayat Parishad, Porompat.
The members, pradhans of Zilla Parishad, job card holders gathered at Bishnupur Block Lamkhai and carried out a rally towards New Mini Secretariat Complex Gate raising many slogans and tried to enter the complex however the police personnel deployed in the area prevented the protesters from entering the complex.
Therefore the protesters staged a sit in protest at the gate of the complex.
Speaking on the sidelines regarding the protest, adhyaksha Dr Romabai Lairenjam said that the protest is being staged demanding the pending honorariums of grassroots elected members of Panchayati Raj Institutes of Bishnupur district and pending wages of job card holder under MGNREGS.
She further stated that instalment of the 15th Finance Commission is kept on hold by the State Government though the Central Government has already released it.
Therefore she urged the authorities concerned to release the honorariums and wages at the earliest considering the plight of the suffering people.