AMWJU to face 'threats'
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 04 2017:
With regard to the charges of BJP Manipur Pradesh general secretary (administration) K Saratkumar and RK Shivchandra against AMWJU president W Shamjai, an emergency meeting of the AMWJU Standing Committee was held today and the meeting decided to give a befitting response .
Speaking to media persons at Manipur Press Club after the emergency meeting, AMWJU advisor N Tombiraj said that Chief Minister N Biren has initiated certain measures to abolish VIP culture in the State .
As a part of these measures, red beacons fixed atop vehicles of VVIPs and VIPs have been removed .
But some unelected BJP leaders have been sustaining VIP culture by taking security escorts.
The AMWJU president was just criticising such VIP culture, Tombiraj said .
On the other hand, some MLAs have been moving only with their PSOs without security escorts .
But some unelected BJP leaders threatened AMWJU president W Shamjai through telephone using strong words like "Shall we kill you?", "Shall we fight to the end?" etc.
But later, they maintained that they never made such threats .
AMWJU would never accept such double-standard nature, Tombiraj said .
Informing that a protest demonstration would be staged at 2 pm tomorrow at Keishampat in condemnation of the threats issued against AMWJU president W Shamjai, Tombiraj appealed to all the people/organisations who value freedom of press to join the protest demonstration .
After the protest demonstration, a memorandum would be submitted to Governor Dr Najma Heptulla .
Copies of the same memorandum would also be dispatched to the Press Council of India, Indian Journalists Union, the President and the Prime Minister, Tombiraj added.