Meet your leaders held at CCpur
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 23 2014:
With the successful reaching out to youth of diverse background through workshop, seminar, meeting, one to one contact and online by InSIDE-Northeast, Young Men's Christian Association and Bosco Mangaal jointly organised an event called "Meet your Leaders" as part of My Space, My unManifesto campaign - a nationwide campaign Initiated by ComMutiny - the Youth Collective, New Delhi, at Songel CC Hall, Churachanpur district on March 22 .
The event was organized with the objective to create a platform where youth have possible influence on party manifestos by engaging different political party representatives in dialogue and presenting the top 10 young people's manifestos to them which are collected from different places.
Kim Gangte, MP Candidate from Trinamool Congress, C.Doungel, MP Candidate from National Congress Party and Lien Gangte, MP Candidate from Janata Dal United attended the meet.
However, sitting MP Thangso Baite, Congress candidate failed to turn up.
The top 13 demands that were taken up for discussion during the meet are repealing Armed Forces Special Power Act, passing and enforcing a strong Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill to fight corruption, introducing youth friendly policies for their all round development - education, sports, and employment; ensuring the safety and protection of women and child and set up fast track court in every district; giving more power to the Hills Autonomous District Council for better development of tribal, making 40 % seat reservation for youth in the State Assemblies, setting up library centre and sport academy in every block headquarter, improving transportation facilities like road, bridges etc.
in rural areas for better connectivity and development, providing full education scholarship for the economically poor students for higher/professional studies, providing Job Oriented Vocational Training Centre at block level, making power supply regular both in urban and rural, making the health centres functional and ensuring regular attendance of doctors and nurses with ambulance services and free medicines supply.
These demands will also be taken at the National Coalition Event on 28th March in New Delhi and presented to all the national political parties.