Womenfolk burn Speaker's effigy at Thongju
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 28 2015 :
Strongly reacting to the ruling of the Manipur Legislative Assembly's tribunal that had disqualified three MLAs of Manipur unit of Trinamool Congress, womenfolk of Thongju constituency on Thursday burnt effigy of Speaker Th Lokeswar.
Th Biswajit, O Lukhoi and Kh Joykishan, all Tinamool MLAs were disqualified from MLAship by a judgment of a tribunal headed by the Manipur Legislative Assembly Speaker under the Tenth Schedule on May 27 .
A huge public meeting was held at the residence of Th Biswajit at Thongju in Imphal East and lodged a strong protest against the judgment of the Speaker's tribunal.
At a press meet, Th Biswajit disclosed that a decision will be announced soon after consulting the public on whether to contest the pending by-poll to reclaim the Thongju seat which has been left vacant since his disqualification or to approach the law court to seek justice.
The public meeting was attended by a large number of people coming from various parts of the constituency.
The meeting discussed from all angles to take a definite decision on whether it was better for the disqualified MLA to fight the by-poll or to go to the court for 'justice' .
Biswajit said, "A decision in this regard will be announced soon" .