Betel leaves set ablaze
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 10 2016 :
Betel leaves which were being transported on
a TATA DI along Imphal - Jiribam highway
in defiance of the economic blockade called
by All Jiribam Contract Teachers' Associa-
tion were set ablaze by blockade supporters
today.
Effigies of the Chief Minister and the
Education Minister were also burnt in the
process of the agitation, our correspondent
reports.
AJCTA imposed an economic blockade
along NH-37 from the midnight of June 8
till June 13 midnight against the alleged
negligence and partiality of the State Gov-
ernment in granting regularization to
contract teachers of Manipur.
"We have staged democratic agitations
on the issue but since the State Govern-
ment chose to remain silent, we had to
impose economic blockade on NH 37," L
Phantomas Singh, president of AJCTA
said adding that the union will take up
more aggressive form of protests if the
State Government does not address their
demands soon.
The economic blockade by AJCTA is
being supported by meira paibi lups like
AJMP, JIMPAL, WACEDEV and JIMWAK.