Time not right for Jiribam district: Chief Minister
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 07, 2013:
Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh on Wednesday assured the Jiribam District Demand Committee (JDDC) that the state Cabinet would
take decision in two-three days on making the Barak circle a separate sub-division but rejected the key demand of the committee saying it was not the right
time to declare Jiribam as a full-fledged revenue district considering the present state of affairs in the state.
Representatives of JDDC met the Chief
Minister at his office here today and discussed about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the state Government and the committee.
The
meeting held in the afternoon prominently deliberated on the demand for upgrading Jiribam as a full-fledged revenue district, JDDC convenor Mutum
Meipaksana told newsmen after the meeting.
Revenue minister Th Debendra also took part in the meeting on the Government side.
JDDC and the state
Government signed an 11-point MoU on November 9, 2011.One of the key demands mentioned in the MoU is to declare Jiribam as a separate district.
Jiribam is
a sub-division of Imphal East district.
Meipaksana said the Chief Minister O Ibobi also told the JDDC members that all the points in the MoU are being
considered by the Government, but the Chief Minister rejected the major demand of the committee to declare the sub-division as a revenue district saying
that it would take more time owing to the law and order situation in the state.
However, the CM assured the JDDC leaders that the state Cabinet would take
a decision in two-three days to make the Barak circle a separate sub-division.
Barak circle falls under Jiribam.
JDDC president H Mema Devi, vice-
president S Sushila Devi, advisors H Joykumar and L Jaminikanta, and convenor Meipaksana represented the committee side in the meeting.
The next course of
action of JDDC will be decided after discussing in detail with the Jiribam public on Wednesday's meeting with the Chief Minister, Meipaksana said.