All issues can be addressed constitutionally: TC nominee
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 10 2014 :
Nominee of the State Trinamool Congress for Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency for the upcoming 16th Lok Sabha election Sarangthem Manaobi today said that all concerns of the people can be easily brought to the bottom under the Indian Constitution.
Addressing media persons at Manipur Press Club here, retired IPS officer Manaobi said Rishang Keishing became the first MP from Manipur to represent the State in the Parliament way back in 1952 and since then a footprint of crude electioneering particularly in the general elections is on in the State till now.
He said a solution to all the issues faced by the State can be brought within six months' time and one of them is the matter pertaining to repeal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 as demanded by activist Irom Sharmila.
The Parliament cannot contradict the facts mentioned in the Constitution, Manaobi said, adding Sharmila might call off her fast-unto-death stir if the Disturbed Area Status is revoked from the State for only six months.
On the issue of Inner Line Permit (ILP), the Trinamool candidate said although the Article 19 of the Constitution says that any citizen can freely reside in any part of the country, it also says that if the population of a particular State is threatened by migration from outside and caused imbalance in the demographic feature, then there is restriction.
The Parliament cannot reject such facts, he said.
Talking about the vexed Naga integration issue, he said the Naga in Manipur be allowed to integrate with the rest of their kind in other parts of the country, including Nagaland if they think they are their brothers.
He, however, acknowledged that the Naga, Meitei, Kuki and Meitei Pangal are brothers, pointing out that the Meitei and the Naga use at least a few similar tongues, but the Konyak of Nagaland does not have any similarities in their languages.
The State's territorial boundary and population are maintained in the British records so if the issue of Merger Agreement is put up in the Parliament, then there will naturally be a solution, he further added.