Two separate bandhs come into force
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 14, 2013:
Two separate bandhs have come into force from tonight in Manipur.
In the first case, an 18-hour shutdown in Manipur and Tripura announced by the CorCoM and NLFT in protest against the merger of the then kingdoms of Manipur and Twipra (Tripura) with the dominion of India on October 15, 1949, has started from Monday midnight.
The Coordinating Committee of six Manipur based militant groups the Revolutionary People�s Front/People�s Liberation Army (RPF/PLA), United National Liberation Front (UNLF), Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), People�s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and PREPAK-Progressive, and National Liberation Front of Twipra have jointly called the 18-hour shutdown in the two States against the merger agreements from Monday midnight till 6 pm of tomorrow, Tuesday.
Essential services such as water supply, medical and religious activities, and the media will not be within the purview of the strike, they had said.
Separately, the militant outfit Maoist Communist Party of Manipur has also announced a parallel 12-hour Manipur general strike tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Kuki Inpi Saikul Gamkai (KISG) and Saikul Area Naga Peoples Organisation (SANPO) sponsored 48 hours Senapati district bandh is all set to start from midnight tonight which will disrupt both the National Highways leading to Manipur.
Strongly expressing their resentment against the alleged negligence of the State Government towards their demands made through a memorandum submitted on September 25 for the immediate cancellation of Home Department�s notification of June 14, 2011, and to withdraw all the villages of Saikul sub-division included in the police stations of Imphal East district regarding the police district boundaries and police stations under the jurisdiction of Saikul Sub-Division, Senapati district, tribal bodies including the Kuki Innpi Saikul Gamkai, Saikul Area Naga Peoples� Organisations, village chiefs, public leaders, ADC members of Sardar Hills and Ukhrul had resolved to call the 48-hour Senapati district bandh from midnight of October 14. They also demanded the inclusion of Maphou Dam police station and Purum Likli police station (under construction) under the administrative jurisdiction of Senapati district police.
They further demanded the opening of police stations and outposts in all strategic areas, if needed under Senapati police station.
Finally, they also asked not to disturb the existing original district and subdivisional boundaries in the name of security and law and order.
These demands were placed before the Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur today by the two organisations on behalf of the village chiefs, headmen and the general public of the area.
Leaders of KISG and SANPO had said their demands should be met by September 30 or else they will consult with the other civil bodies of the area and resort to stern form of agitation.
They then alleged that it is the covert policy of the state government of Manipur to allow the valley district administrations to 'intrude or encroach� in the hill districts.
KISG and SANPO then asked whether the state government of Manipur exists exclusively for the welfare of the valley districts.
They then asked that parallel policies and programmes should be adopted for both the valley and the hill districts if the state government genuinely has concern for the security of the people.
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