Tension in I/E
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 08 2015:
Tension was brewing at Top Makha Leikai of Imphal East district when authority of the Government used force to lay the foundation stone for the proposed construction of a polytechnic at Yaralpat, reports NNN.
State Education Minister M Okendro Singh today laid the foundation stone after the protesting locals of Top Awang Leikai, mostly womenfolk were herded to a local ground by a large number of armed police personnel.
The Minister and his team left the spot immediately after laying the foundation stone.
They stayed there only for some minutes.
Before the Minister and his team reached the venue, a large number of armed police stormed the locality and cordoned-off the protesting people who were blocking the road leading to the site where the foundation stone was to be laid.
The Ministerial team proceeded to the site without any disturbance and laid the foundation stone this morning.
State Parliamentary Secretary Md Amin Shah and Commissioner P Vaiphei of Higher and Technical Education were among others who accompanied the Minister.
The polytechnic is to be constructed by the State Higher and Technical Education Department under financial assistance of Union Ministry of Human Resources Development.
Even as the Minister laid the foundation without any disturbance, tension was running high in the locality.
The local people had announced boycott of Parliamentary Secretary Md Amin Shah who is the circle MLA alleging that he was acting against the wishes of the people.