ATSUM decries
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 04 2020:
The All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) has threatened to launch a series of agitation in collaboration with other tribal civil organisations, if the State Government fails to retract its decision to postpone the Autonomous District Council (ADC) election this year.
Condemning the State Cabinet's decision to defer the election, which was published in local dailies, a statement issued by the general secretary of ATSUM, Seiboi Haokip, appealed to the State Government to conduct the election before June, which was the timing for conducting the last ADC election.
It also questioned the intention behind the resolution adopted by the Hill Area Committee (HAC) on January 16 to postpone the election to November, while stating that a partyless system election recommended by the HAC is not acceptable.
ATSUM had earlier appealed HAC to retract its recommendation to postpone the election to the State Election Commission, while cautioning that there will be problems among the tribal population if the election is postponed.