Students burn CM's effigy
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 29 2018:
Students of DM College of Arts burnt an effigy of Chief Minister N Biren Singh inside the college campus today, protesting the Government's act of raiding Manipur University hostels and arresting many students and teachers of the university on the intervening night of September 20 and 21 .
The students also demanded a positive solution to the university crisis at the earliest in place of the State Government's alleged attempts to enforce dictatorial rule in the varsity.
Before burning the CM's effigy, around 100 students of the college took to the streets and organised a rally from the college gate at around noon.
They proceeded towards Raj Bhavan via Khoyathong and Kangla Park to meet the Governor.
However, a large number of police personnel, led by SP Imphal West and SP Traffic prevented the students/protesters from proceeding further near Indira Park.
The police, along with CRPF personnel pushed back the protesters upto DM College gate with occasional scuffle between the protesters and the security personnel along the way before the effigy was burnt.