SAKAL abolished
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 11 2016 :
The Sharmila Kanba Lup
(SAKAL) has been abolished
with effect from today.
How-
ever, demand to repeal AFSPA
from Manipur will continue,
said former convenor of
SAKAL Soibam Momon
Leima.
Speaking to reporters at the
former office of SAKAL,
Soibam Momon Leima stated
9 former members of SAKAL
went to meet Sharmila this
morning at JNIMS.
"When asked about her
sudden decision, Sharmila
replied that she still stands by
her words and has no plan to
change it.
Since politics and
Meira Paibis are not on the
same page, we have decided
to disband SAKAL.
Never-
theless, our demand to repeal
AFSPA entirely from the
State will continue as al-
ways," Soibam Momon
Leima asserted.
"Though our goals may be
one, our approach is differ-
ent.
So far, no politician has
ever worked earnestly for the
welfare of the people.
Sharmila's sudden decision to
end her fast and enter politics
is the plot of the Central
Government and State Gov-
ernment," Momon Leima
stated.
Meira Paibis have been
supporting Sharmila all these
years for the cause of the
people.
In fact, demand to
repeal AFSPA has been go-
ing on since 1980, she said.
"SAKAL was formed on
December 10, 2008 to extend
solidarity to Sharmila.
Sharmila is our daughter and
we respect her decision
though her statement wherein
she is reported to have said
that we did not support her is
surprising," she further said.
Sharmila had talked about
how she would never end the
fast unless AFSPA is re-
pealed from the State.
Taking
such a sudden decision even
without informing us who
have been with her all this
time is unfortunate, Momon
Leima said.