Babloo ignores House summon
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, July 26 2014 :
Human rights activist Babloo Loitingbam did not show up before the Committee on Privileges & Ethics of Manipur Legislative Assembly today.
However, a representative of local television Impact TV presented himself before the committee and expressed regret for telecasting such comment of the human rights activist.
Since chief editor of Impact TV Yumnam Rupachandra was out of station his assistant presented himself before the committee.
Babloo reportedly took a flight to New Delhi from Imphal last evening.
Babloo and a responsible person from local television channel Impact TV were summoned by the Committee on Privileges & Ethics of Manipur Legislative Assembly to present before it by 10 am today in connection with an alleged derogatory remark made by Babloo against the 60 MLAs during a discussion programme "Manung Hutna" which was telecast by Impact TV channel.
Babloo, who is also the executive director of Human Rights Alert (HRA), allegedly dubbed all the 60 legislators in Manipur Legislative Assembly as "mithibong mitambal" (nasty people) who do not want to implement Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Manipur.
Meanwhile, no reaction has come so far from the Committee on Privileges & Ethics of Manipur Legislative Assembly after Babloo did not show up before it despite serving summon for breach of privilege of the House.