Protest foiled
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 17 2019:
A sit in protest staged by Manipur People Against Citizenship Amendment Bill (MANPAC) at Keishampat Leimajam Leikai community hall condemning the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), was foiled by police today.
Following a minor scuffle with the police personnel, the protesters then came out on the road in protest and raised various slogans like 'We condemn communal politics of the Central Government', 'Racism down down' etc.
Speaking to media persons on the sideline of the protest, MANPAC convenor Yumnamcha Dilipkumar said that when MANPAC approached the authority concerned to seek permission for carrying out the peaceful protest as solidarity to the people of Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya, the appeal was declined.
The act of the police in dispersing the peaceful assembly is an act of violating the fundamental rights of the people, he alleged.