MMWO women wing demands keithel for Meitei Pangals
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 08 2018:
Manipur Muslim Welfare Organisation (MMWO) Women Wing has demanded the State Government to make necessary arrangements forthe creation of an Ima Keithel for Meitei Pangals at an appropriate location of grdater Imphal at the earliest.
Speaking to media persons at MMWO office at Minuthong Hafiz Hatta today, the association's women wing convenor MK Sophi said that the number of Meitei Pangal vendors in Khwairamband Ima Keithel is very low.
Apart from this, the streets vendors are also often chased away by police and their goods/items are destroyed or scattered as well, she said and demanded the State Government to construct an Ima Keithel for the Meitei Pangal community at an appropriate location of Greater Imphal at the earliest.
She continued that the Government had, in the past, assured to construct the said keithel after the MP election, apart from assuring to provide all the necessary land, infrastructures etc to make the keithel a reality but till that, there has not been any positive development regarding the matter.
It would be right for the State Government to deliberate on the matter by the 2019 Parliamentary election, she added.
Demanding the BJP State Government to take up necessary steps for the construction of a Meitei Pangal Ima Keithel after the 2019 Parliamentary election, Sophi warned that failure on part of the Government to heed the demand of the people will lead to various agitation and protests.