MSF bans 'Thabal Chongba' in Delhi
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 04 2014 :
Manipuri Students' Federation (MSF) has imposed ban on organizing "Thabal Chongba" in New Delhi in view of racial discrimination and attacks carried on people from the Northeast.
Talking to media persons here today, Advisor of MSF Th Udoy said that a team of MSF volunteers visited New Delhi from February 13 to March 2 to study the condition of northeastern people there.
There have been unrestrained racial attacks against the people from the Northeast in the National Capital.
In view of such critical situation, any association or organization should avoid organizing "Thabal Chongba" in New Delhi.
He further said that the MPs from the Northeast should work together to demand enactment of a strict anti-racism law in the country.
Moreover, the school and university syllabuses should include about the Northeast.
The MSF Advisor also demanded the State Government to produce a white paper on Tikendrajit Manipur House in New Delhi.
The State's Bhawan is in a pathetic with no competent authority to look after it.
There has been report of some rooms of Manipur Bhavan being rented out for housing power transformer besides mismanagement of the Bhavan by some non-locals, he added.