ATSUM ex gen secy decries
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 17 2016:
Following a legal notice served to the body concerned with regard to the non-induction of members of the Autonomous District Council (ADC), W Shinglai, former general secretary, All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM) is all set to fight the Government in the higher Courts.
Addressing the media at Manipur Press Club, Shinglai said that the State Government and the department concerned have ignored Section 4 (3) of the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 by not inducting any member in the District Councils, months after the ADC election.
Continuing that a legal notice has been served to the Principal Secretary, Tribal Affairs & Hills & Scheduled Caste, Govt of Manipur, he lamented that the State Government is ignoring democracy at the grass root level.
He also explained that not more than two persons who are not in Government service may be nominated as members of any district council according to the statutory provisions granted in the Manipur (Hills Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 .