Date with JNU students today
Source: The Sangai Express / PTI
New Delhi, October 01 2016:
Noted rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has decided to fight Manipur Assembly elections, today said she has "no specific plans" for the polls and her only strategy would be to "connect the hearts" of people in the State.
Sharmila is in Delhi for the first time after breaking her hunger strike.
The Manipuri 'Iron Lady' said that she will be addressing a group of students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University tomorrow on the AFSPA issue.
"We have been fighting to repeal AFSPA for so long now.
Electoral politics is just another democratic tool for change, so I have decided to enter the fray.
But, I have no specific plans, and my only strategy is to connect the hearts of people," she told PTI.
The 44-year-old activist, who ended her 16-year-old hunger strike in August, had met ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal on September 26 andsoughthis advice on how to defeat "major political parties" in her home State.
She was speaking on the sidelines of a press conference, organised by a group of women rights bodies, which she addressed here this afternoon.
She yesterday addressed students at the Delhi University and sought the support of the youth to "make a difference" .
"I spoke to students at DU and tomorrow will talk to them at JNU.
I and our volunteers are meeting students and activists and seeking their support," Sharmila said.
The activist has already announced that she would soon float a new regional party under the banner of which she will contest the polls.